Passchendaele : the untold story /

"No conflict of the Great War excites stronger emotions than the war in Flanders in the autumn of 1917, and no name better encapsulates the horror and apparent futility of the Western Front than Passchendaele. By its end there had been 275,000 Allied and 200,000 German casualties. Yet the terri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Prior, Robin
Otros Autores: Wilson, Trevor, 1928-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven ; London : Yale Nota Bene, 2002.
Temas:
1917
Ypres, 3rd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1917.
3e bataille d'Ypres, Ypres, Belgique, 1917.
HISTORY > Military > World War I.
Angriffsschlacht
Angriffsstrategie
Artillerie
Materialschlacht
Politische Führung
Weltkrieg > 1914-1918
Belgium > Ieper
Flandern
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Setting the scene. The conundrum ; The search for a solution, 1915-1916 ; Stratagems : January-May 1917 ; Decisions : May-July 1917
  • Initiation. Making plans ; False dawn : Messines
  • Gough. The new commander ; 31 July : The implements ; First strike ; Rain
  • Plumer. Menin Road ; Polygon Wood ; Broodseinde
  • Political interlude I. Deciding and not deciding : The War Cabinet and the War Policy Committee, August-November 1917
  • The lower depths. Poelcappelle ; Neverending story ; Final folly
  • Political interlude II. The last inaction : The War Cabinet, October-November 1917 ; Conclusion.

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