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VCs of the First World War: Passchendaele 1917

Author : Stephen Snelling
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752483730
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book VCs of the First World War: Passchendaele 1917 written by Stephen Snelling and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the costly campaigns fought across the Western Front during the First World War, none strikes a more chilling chord than Passchendaele. Even now, more than ninety years on, the very mention of the name is enough to conjure up apocalyptic images of desolation and misery on a quite bewildering scale – humanity drowning in a sea of mud. Passchendaele has come to serve as a symbol of the folly and futility of war, chiefly remembered for its carnage and profligate waste of human lives. It also stands as testament to the endurance and extraordinary courage displayed by men of all ranks and nationalities. During the 3 1⁄2 month long struggle, which claimed the lives of more than 60,000 British and Commonwealth servicemen, 61 men were adjudged to have performed deeds worthy of the Empire's highest award for valour – the Victoria Cross. Men from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa were among their number, alongside men from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They came from all walks of life, counting humble privates and, for the first time, a general among their ranks. This is a lasting memorial to a body of men who deserve to be numbered among the bravest of the brave.

Passchendaele 1917

Author : Stephen Snelling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780905778600
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book Passchendaele 1917 written by Stephen Snelling and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Passchendaele

Author : Philip Warner
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1844153053
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book Passchendaele written by Philip Warner and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2005-07-30 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly ninety years ago, on 31st July 1917, the small Belgian village of Passchendaele became the focus for one of the most gruelling, bloody and bizarre battles of World War 1. By 6th November, when Passchendaele village and the ridge were captured, over half a million British, French, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders and Germans had become casualties. Philip Warner, the noted historian of twentieth-century warfare and the author of over fifty books on military history, many published by Pen and Sword, has skilfully brought together all the elements of this horrific campaign - the historical background, personal accounts, strategies and tactics, the personalities and the political manoeuvres. He investigates the issues which had a crucial effect on the course of the battle, including the mutinous state of the French army, the bombardment which destroyed the drainage system, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig's determination to continue operations despite the appalling weather and ground conditions, and the stormy relationship between Haig and Lloyd George. However, it is the determined fighting ability and the bravery of the allied soldiers, rather than the tactical plans of the commanders, that dominate this detailed and totally absorbing account of the harrowing four-month campaign called the Battle of Passchendaele. Passchendaele is a masterly and timely analysis of one of the most important battles in history.

VCs Passchendaele 1917

Author : Stephen Snelling
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752483730
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book VCs Passchendaele 1917 written by Stephen Snelling and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the costly campaigns fought across the Western Front during the First World War, none strikes a more chilling chord than Passchendaele. Even now, more than ninety years on, the very mention of the name is enough to conjure up apocalyptic images of desolation and misery on a quite bewildering scale – humanity drowning in a sea of mud. Passchendaele has come to serve as a symbol of the folly and futility of war, chiefly remembered for its carnage and profligate waste of human lives. It also stands as testament to the endurance and extraordinary courage displayed by men of all ranks and nationalities. During the 3 1⁄2 month long struggle, which claimed the lives of more than 60,000 British and Commonwealth servicemen, 61 men were adjudged to have performed deeds worthy of the Empire’s highest award for valour – the Victoria Cross.Men from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa were among their number, alongside men from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They came from all walks of life, counting humble privates and, for the first time, a general among their ranks.This is a lasting memorial to a body of men who deserve to be numbered among the bravest of the brave.

Battle Story: Passchendaele 1917

Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750962798
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Battle Story: Passchendaele 1917 written by Chris McNab and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passchendaele 1917 is the story of one of the most pitiless and iconic battles of the First World War, known today as Third Ypres. Fought over three tortuous months in 1917, the fighting raged through some of the worst physical conditions of the entire war, across battlefields collapsing into endless mud and blood. Eventually, more than 500,000 casualties bought front-line changes measured only in hundreds of yards. If you truly want to understand what happened and why – read Battle Story.

Passchendaele 1917

Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459734181
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Passchendaele 1917 written by Chris McNab and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-05-21 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of one of history’s bloodiest and most futile battles, Passchendaele, is expertly related and explained by a leading historian, with detailed illustrations and supplementary facts.

Passchendaele

Author : Philip Warner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Passchendaele written by Philip Warner and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Canadian Corps Soldier Vs Royal Bavarian Soldier

Author : Stephen Bull
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472819764
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Canadian Corps Soldier Vs Royal Bavarian Soldier written by Stephen Bull and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the Canadian and German forces that met at the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Passchendaele

Author : Nick Lloyd
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465094783
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Passchendaele written by Nick Lloyd and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive account of Passchendaele, the months-long battle that epitomizes the immense tragedy of the First World War Passchendaele. The name of a small, seemingly insignificant Flemish village echoes across the twentieth century as the ultimate expression of meaningless, industrialized slaughter. In the summer of 1917, upwards of 500,000 men were killed or wounded, maimed, gassed, drowned, or buried in this small corner of Belgium. On the centennial of the battle, military historian Nick Lloyd brings to vivid life this epic encounter along the Western Front. Drawing on both British and German sources, he is the first historian to reveal the astonishing fact that, for the British, Passchendaele was an eminently winnable battle. Yet the advance of British troops was undermined by their own high command, which, blinded by hubris, clung to failed tactics. The result was a familiar one: stalemate. Lloyd forces us to consider that trench warfare was not necessarily a futile endeavor, and that had the British won at Passchendaele, they might have ended the war early, saving hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of lives. A captivating narrative of heroism and folly, Passchendaele is an essential addition to the literature on the Great War.

VCs Handbook

Author : Gerald Gliddon
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750952830
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book VCs Handbook written by Gerald Gliddon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2005-09-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Western Front during the First World War, 490 men won the British Empire's highest award for gallantry, the Victoria Cross. A companion for any visitor to the First World War battlefields in France and Flanders, this reference book lists every VC recipient from 1914 to 1918 in alphabetical order.

Yorkshire VCs

Author : Alan Whitworth
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1781599025
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book Yorkshire VCs written by Alan Whitworth and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today the Victoria Cross remains the supreme British award for bravery. It takes precedence over all other awards and decorations. During its 160-year history, since the first of these medals were given for gallantry during the Crimean War in the 1850's, 1,357 have been won, and no less than 69 of them have gone to Yorkshiremen. Alan Whitworth, in this carefully researched and revealing account, describes in graphic detail the exploits and the lives of this elite group of heroes.

VCs of the North

Author : Alan Whitworth
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473848237
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book VCs of the North written by Alan Whitworth and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today the Victoria Cross remains the supreme British award for bravery. It takes precedence over all other awards and decorations. During its 160-year history, since the first medals were given for gallantry during the Crimean War in the 1850s, 1,357 of these medals have been won, and almost fifty of them have gone to the soldiers of Cumbria, Durham and Northumberland . Alan Whitworth, in this carefully researched and revealing account, describes in graphic detail the exploits and the lives of this elite band of heroes. Within this group of Northern VC recipients are a number of outstanding names, including Richard Annand who gained the first VC of the Second World War and Roland Bradford who was one of only four sets of brothers to have secured the VC. He also had the distinction of becoming the youngest general in the British army. But among the roll of the brave whose gallantry and self-sacrifice are celebrated in these pages the reader will find the names and extraordinary deeds of many other men who were either born or bred or lived and died in the North. They will also find the story of the youngest Victoria Cross recipient who won his award aged just nineteen.The stories of these ordinary individuals who have 'performed some signal act of valour or devotion to their country' will be fascinating reading for anyone who is interested in military history in general and in the long military tradition of the North of England.

The eve of the Passchendaele campaign : May to July 1917

Author : John Ewing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The eve of the Passchendaele campaign : May to July 1917 written by John Ewing and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Liverpool VCs

Author : James Murphy
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1844686426
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book Liverpool VCs written by James Murphy and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2008-10-31 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Liverpool local heroes tend to be drawn from football or the music business or from the period when the city was one of Britains greatest ports. Although it has produced many military heroes, only double VC winner Noel Chavasse has had the recognition he deserves. James Murphy, in this meticulously researched and sympathetically written book, sets the record straight. His biographies of twenty-three Liverpool VC winners show what extraordinary sacrifices the men of the city made when they were called on to fight for their country. He gives graphic accounts of the exploits that won them the VC, and he recalls other actions in which they were involved. His main purpose is to show these men at war, but he also provides an insight into their civilian lives, and he records the times they lived in. And he dispels the myths and corrects the errors of fact that have grown up around them.

Victoria Cross Heroes: Volume II

Author : Michael Ashcroft
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785901400
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (859 download)

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Download or read book Victoria Cross Heroes: Volume II written by Michael Ashcroft and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Lance-Sergeant Johnson Beharry VC THE VICTORIA CROSS is Britain and the Commonwealth's most prestigious gallantry medal for courage in the face of the enemy. It has been bestowed upon 1,355 heroic individuals from all walks of life since its creation during the Crimean War. Lord Ashcroft, who has been fascinated with bravery since he was a young boy, now owns 200 VCs, by far the largest collection of its kind in the world. Following on from the bestselling Victoria Cross Heroes, first published in 2006 to mark the 150th anniversary of the award, Victoria Cross Heroes: Volume II gives extraordinary accounts of the bravery behind the newest additions to Lord Ashcroft's VC collection - those decorations purchased in the last decade. With nearly sixty action-packed stories of courageous soldiers, sailors and airmen from a range of global conflicts including the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58, the Second Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 and the First and Second World Wars, this book is a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit and a worthy tribute to the servicemen who earned the Victoria Cross. Their inspirational deeds of valour and self-sacrifice should be championed and never forgotten.

Africa and the First World War

Author : Melvin E Page
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349188271
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book Africa and the First World War written by Melvin E Page and published by Springer. This book was released on 1987-09-22 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pilgrimage

Author : Garrie Hutchinson
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781863953870
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (538 download)

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Download or read book Pilgrimage written by Garrie Hutchinson and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has never been a book like Pilgrimagebefore. Journeying through time and place, author Garrie Hutchinson visits the battlefields where Australians have fought and reveals their past and present. We hear the voices of those who fought in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, Korea and East Timor and the stories of the key Australian battles. We travel to Australia's special places - including Anzac Cove, Tobruk, the Kokoda Track, the Thai-Burma Railway, Long Tan and Maryang San. Pilgrimageis unique in being a comprehensive and up-to-date travel companion, complete with maps, illustrations and invaluable tips for visitors. Lavishly illustrated with photos from Europe and North Africa, the Middle East and South-East Asia, it also introduces the cemeteries, museums and memorials that commemorate each conflict. Ideal for armchair travellers and lovers of history, Pilgrimageinvites readers on a voyage of discovery.