Passchendaele by Nick Lloyd

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER A timely reappraisal . . . a masterpiece General Lord Richard Dannatt The Third Battle of Ypres was a lost victory for the British Army in 1917. Between July and November 1917 in a small corner of Belgium more than 500000 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 waterfilled craters muddy shellholes. The climax was one of Paperback softback