They called it passchendaele
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The third battle of Ypres, culminating in a desperate struggle for the ridge and little village of Passchendaele, was one of the most appalling campaigns in the First World War. A million Tommies, Canadians and Anzacs assembled at the Ypres Salient in the summer of 1917, mostly raw young troops keen to do their bit for King and Country.
'Four years of war turned Ypres into a ghost town. Not a leaf grew on a tree. Scarcely one stone stood upon another. From the battered ramparts the eye swept clean across a field of rubble to the swamp-lands beyond . . .'
The Third Battle of Ypres, ending in a desperate struggle for the ridge and little village of Passchendaele, was one of the most appalling campaigns in the history of warfare. A million Tommies, Canadians and Anzacs assembled at the Ypres Salient in summer of 1917, mostly raw young troops keen to do their bit for King and Country. This book tells their tale of mounting disillusion amid mud, terror and increasingly desperate attacks, yet it is also a story of immense courage, comradeship, high spirits and hope.
In Passchendaele, Lyn Macdonald lets over 600 soldiers speak for themselves. In doing so, she portrays events from the only point of view that really matters.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 26 september 2013
Aantal pagina's: 304
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Lyn Macdonald
Tweede Auteur: Lyn Macdonald
Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Books Ltd
Product breedte: 130 mm
Product hoogte: 18 mm
Product lengte: 198 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 128 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 21 mm
Verpakking lengte: 195 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 436 g
EAN: 9780241952412