Passchendaele. The Sacrificial Ground
Steel Nigel, Hart Peter
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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Cassell
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2001
Edition: First Edition
Description: 351 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The only exception is that the inside page has been price clipped.
Publishers Description: Dramatic and filled with horror, the clash at Passchendaele Ridge was one of World War Ones bloodiest. After years of stalemate, the British and French armies launched a massive offensive, only to find themselves literally bogged down in low ground that had turned into a quagmire. By battles end, over 300,000 Allied and 260,000 German soldiers had perished. Includes a wealth of previously unpublished testimonies from the Imperial War museum.
ISBN: 9781407214672
(216720)
