They called it Passchendaele
the story of the Third Battle of Ypres and of the men who fought in it
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Word Count
63,250 words, Guess
Page Count
253 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100689708114
- ISBN-100689120133
- ISBN-139780689708114
- ISBN-139780689120138
- LibraryThing339853
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- Goodreads997559
- Library of Congress Control Number88038035
- OCLC Control Number18779441
- Better World Books9780689708114
- Open LibraryOL2058816M
Classifications
- DDC940.4/31
- LCCD542.Y72 M33 1989
- LCCD542.Y72M33 1989
Description
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. In this masterly piece of oral history, Lyn Macdonald lets over 600 participants speak for themselves. 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. This book tells their tale of mounting disillusion amid mud, terror and desperate privation, yet it is also a story of immense courage, comradeship, songs, high spirits and bawdy humour. They Called It Passchendaele portrays the human realities behind one of the most disastrous events in the history of warfare.
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