The objective of the third battle of the Ypres salient, the site of Passchendaele village was finally captured by the Canadians on 6th November 1917. Published to coincide with the 80th anniversary, this book recounts the experiences of the soldiers involved. From the first clash in 1915, to the final offensive in September 1918, the book allows the reader to follow the course of the war around this strategically vital Belgian town.
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Written by acknowledged experts and illustrated to the highest Osprey standards, books in the Battles and Histories series provide new insights into the century's major clashes.
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This review is from: Passchendaele and the Battles of Ypres 1914-18 (Battles and Histories) (Hardcover)
Essentially a regurgitation of offical sources and regimental histories with some slick graphics. Poorly written, choppy and in places incoherent. Do not waste your money.
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This review is from: Passchendaele and the Battles of Ypres 1914-18 (Battles and Histories) (Hardcover)
Not really the best book about WW1 in Flanders. Sometimes boring. Too much information about locations (too specific for a non-flemish) and regiments and batallions. The author should have focused more on tactical warfare and possible different strategies and their implications. This is just a too detailed chronological report of the facts, nothing more. The few comments he published from soldiers that survived the battles are too short and do not fit in the structure of his book. The author should have worked out this book much better. I was disappointed!
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The ancient town of Ypres stands at the southern border of Flanders with flat marshy land stretching away to the northwest, gently rolling fields to the north-east and the hills to the south rising to overlook the area. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Canadian Division, Messines Ridge, Ypres Salient, Kitchener's Wood, Australian Division, Glencorse Wood, New Zealanders, Tyne Cot, Mount Kemmel, Ploegsteert Wood, Rifle Brigade, Sanctuary Wood, Second Army, Tank Corps, Bellewaarde Ridge, Black Watch, German Army, Inverness Copse, Royal Fusiliers, Western Front, Eastern Front, Ernest Parker, General Plumer New!
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The ancient town of Ypres stands at the southern border of Flanders with flat marshy land stretching away to the northwest, gently rolling fields to the north-east and the hills to the south rising to overlook the area. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
creeping barrage Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Canadian Division, Messines Ridge, Ypres Salient, Kitchener's Wood, Australian Division, Glencorse Wood, New Zealanders, Tyne Cot, Mount Kemmel, Ploegsteert Wood, Rifle Brigade, Sanctuary Wood, Second Army, Tank Corps, Bellewaarde Ridge, Black Watch, German Army, Inverness Copse, Royal Fusiliers, Western Front, Eastern Front, Ernest Parker, General Plumer New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Royal Flying Corps (Images of Aviation) by Terry C. Treadwell on page 42
- Deadly Embrace: Morocco and the Road to the Spanish Civil War by Sebastian Balfour on page 124, and Back Matter
- The Battles of the British Expeditionary Forces, 1914-1915: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography (Bibliographies of Battles and Leaders) by Fred R. van Hartesveldt on page 65
- Osprey Military Journal Issue 3/5: The International Review of Military History by Marcus Cowper on page 33
- CAPTURE OF FORT EBEN EMAEL 1940, et all, Volume 2, Issue 3 (The Osprey Military Journal) by Marcus Cowper on page 11
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