In Flanders Fields: Passchendaele 1917 - Brossura

Wolff, Leon

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0141390794 ISBN 13: 9780141390796

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 2001

Riassunto

Of all the grim, gallant and inglorious battles of the Western Front, Passchendaele is the name uniquely evocative of the 'mud and blood' that pervaded the First World War. The total gain - a few thousand yards of indefensible slough - cost about a million Allied lives. In this now classic account of the Flanders campaign, Leon Wolff graphically describes the whole nightmare business: from Haig's initial plan; his determination to carry it out despite constant opposition from the Cabinet and the muddle of doubts and disagreement among the military staff; through the early stages of the 'great offensive'; and to the scene of the battle itself - the Flanders fields which 'will forever haunt Western civilization'.

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L'autore:

Leon Wolff is American and served in the US Air Force during the Second World War, and his first book, LOW LEVEL MISSION, describes his wartime experiences. Leon Wolff was awarded the Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians forhis third book, LITTLE BROWN BROTHER.

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Book by Wolff Leon

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• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0141390794
• ISBN 13: 9780141390796
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352