Passchendaele, a new history, Nick Lloyd
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Passchendaele, a new history, Nick Lloyd
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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non fiction
Main title
Passchendaele
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bibliography
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Nick Lloyd
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a new history
Summary
Between July and November 1917, in a small corner of Belgium, more than 500,000 men were killed or maimed, gassed or drowned - and many of the bodies were never found. The Ypres offensive represents the modern impression of the First World War: splintered trees, water-filled craters, muddy shell-holes. The climax was one of the worst battles of both world wars: Passchendaele. The village fell eventually, only for the whole offensive to be called off. But, as Nick Lloyd shows, notably through previously unexamined German documents, it put the Allies nearer to a major turning point in the war than we have ever imagined
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