Passchendaele: A New History
mai 2017 · Penguin UK
3,0star
1 arvustusreport
E-raamat
464
lehekülge
family_home
Sobilik
info
reportHinnangud ja arvustused pole kinnitatud. Lisateave
Teave selle e-raamatu kohta
'A timely re-appraisal . . . a masterpiece' General Lord Richard Dannatt
'Sweeps aside mythology and provides a rational explanation and cool description of what took place' Max Hastings, Sunday Times
_________________________________
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.
_________________________________
'Meticulously researched . . . A harrowing and important history' PD Smith, Guardian
'He brings the battle and its political context vividly to life . . . a model of what a work of military history should be, this is now perhaps the definitive account of this phase of the war on the Western Front' Simon Heffer, Telegraph
'Sweeps aside mythology and provides a rational explanation and cool description of what took place' Max Hastings, Sunday Times
_________________________________
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.
_________________________________
'Meticulously researched . . . A harrowing and important history' PD Smith, Guardian
'He brings the battle and its political context vividly to life . . . a model of what a work of military history should be, this is now perhaps the definitive account of this phase of the war on the Western Front' Simon Heffer, Telegraph
Hinnangud ja arvustused
3,0
1 arvustus
Teave autori kohta
Nick Lloyd is Reader in Defence Studies at King's College London, based at the Joint Services Command & Staff College in Shrivenham, Wiltshire. He specializes in British military and imperial history in the era of the Great War and is the author of three books, Loos 1915 (2006), The Amritsar Massacre: The Untold Story of One Fateful Day (2011) and Hundred Days: The End of the Great War (2013).
Hinnake seda e-raamatut
Andke meile teada, mida te arvate.
Lugemisteave
Nutitelefonid ja tahvelarvutid
Installige rakendus Google Play raamatud Androidile ja iPadile/iPhone'ile. See sünkroonitakse automaatselt teie kontoga ja see võimaldab teil asukohast olenemata lugeda nii võrgus kui ka võrguühenduseta.
Sülearvutid ja arvutid
Google Playst ostetud audioraamatuid saab kuulata arvuti veebibrauseris.
E-lugerid ja muud seadmed
E-tindi seadmetes (nt Kobo e-lugerid) lugemiseks peate faili alla laadima ja selle oma seadmesse üle kandma. Failide toetatud e-lugeritesse teisaldamiseks järgige üksikasjalikke abikeskuse juhiseid.
