10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PASSCHENDAELE»
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Passchendaele in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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They Called it
Passchendaele: The Story of the Battle of ...
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.
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Passchendaele: Canada's Triumph and Tragedy on the Fields of ...
The Canadians seized Passchendaele, succeeding where all others had failed, and displaying high standards of leadership, staff work and training.The Corps had suffered 16,000 casualties; nine Victoria Crosses were awarded to acknowledge the ...
This book records the machine gun emplacements in the German lines, guns optimistically meant to have been taken out by an earlier creeping barrage of artillery fire.
Peter Barton, Jeremy Banning, 2007
The Battle of Flanders [the German name for Passchendaele] has been called '
The greatest martyrdom of the World War'. No division could last more than a
fortnight in this hell. Then it had to be relieved by new troops. Looking back it
seems ...
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Passchendaele in Perspective: The Third Battle of Ypres
This book will undoubtedly become a valued work of reference for all those with an interest in World War One.
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Passchendaele: the fight for the village
During the attack 265,000 were either killed or injured. This battlefield guide gives details of the attacks whilst guiding the reader through the battlefield as it stands today.
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Massacre at
Passchendaele: The New Zealand Story
Glyn Harper brings this ill-fated battle to life.
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Passchendaele: The Hollow Victory
Passchendaele is one of the most evocative names associated with the Great War.
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Passchendaele and the Royal Navy
Using new documents, this book examines the role of the Royal Navy in the controversial battle of Passchendaele in the Great War.
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The German Army at
Passchendaele
The fight for Passchendaele had cost Grenadier Regiment 10 a total of twenty
eight officers and 5 66 junior ranks killed, wounded or missing. Leutnants
Schaefer, Steffler and Thomas were known to be dead26 but, of the total, no
fewer than ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PASSCHENDAELE»
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Passchendaele is used in the context of the following news items.
First World War centenary: Clayhall man tells father's Great War tale …
The Royal Welsh Fusiliers were involved in the third Ypres offensive, at Passchendaele, between July 31 and August 6 1917. Again, Harry was ... «Ilford Recorder 24, Jul 15»
Plaque unveiled to commemorate Bradford City players who died in …
... who scored the winning goal and captained City in the 1911 FA Cup Final and was killed during the Battle of Passchendaele in August 1917, ... «Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Jul 15»
Yanks and Limeys by Niall Barr, book review: Oversexed, overpaid …
British commanders had far fewer men at their disposal and were haunted by memories of the fatalities at Passchendaele and the Somme. «The Independent, Jul 15»
We Welcome Our Porcupine Overlord
Like a Canadian cinematic blockbuster of the Passchendaele or Men with Brooms variety, PACHI feels like an attempt to create a facsimile of ... «Torontoist, Jul 15»
Thursday's Cape Breton Post Community Calendar
8 p.m., Passchendaele Al-Anon Group, Unity Club (AA room) Rear McKeen Street. 8 p.m. Row Street Club will be hosting Loonie bullseye darts ... «Cape Breton Post, Jul 15»
Military camp sculpture group defends 'aggressive' memorial
... trained at the camp - as did about 60,000 others, or two-thirds of those who served - before dying from injuries he suffered at Passchendaele. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
Painting "placed watered with the best blood of Canada"
Battlegrounds in Belgium and France were brought back to life on her canvasses, scenes of "Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge, the Somme, ... «The Kingston Whig-Standard, Jul 15»
ROTARY ROUND-UP: Rotary members join commemorations in …
In November 1916, in the wet and mud of Ypres, they fought in the battle of Passchendaele. By the end of 1917 there were few of the original ... «Worthing Herald, Jul 15»
War nurses memorial unveiled in Little River
Kit was then sent to the Western Front where she ran the operating theatre for those injured during the Battle of Passchendaele, before ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
Three historic properties for sale
... and late-20th-century additions, was bought in 1921 by Maj George Howson, who was awarded an MC for bravery at Passchendaele in July, ... «Country Life, Jul 15»
