Author: Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
In Flanders Fields
Author: In Flanders Fields
Author: Leon WolffIn Flanders Fields
Author: Leon WolffIn Flanders Fields
Author: Leon WolffPublisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
In Flanders Fields, the 1917 Campaign
Author: Leon WolffIn Flanders Fields
Author: Leon Wolff (geschiedenis.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
In Flanders Fields
Author: Karl August FoxIn Flanders Fields. The 1917 Campaign. With an Introduction by Major-General J.F.C. Fuller
Author: Leon WolffBeneath Flanders Fields
Author: Peter BartonPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773529496
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
"The product of over twenty-five years of research, Beneath Flanders Fields illustrates the evolution of military mining, leading to its deployment in the greatest siege in military history - in the trenches of the Western Front." "In the words of the tunnellers themselves, and through previously unpublished photographs - many in colour - as well as contemporary plans and drawings, this book reveals how this most intense of battles was fought - and won. Few on the surface knew the horrific details of the tunnellers' work, yet this silent, claustrophobic conflict was a barbaric struggle that raged day and night for almost two and a half years, and one which generated mental and physical stresses often far beyond those suffered by the infantry in the trenches. On 7 June 1917 at Messines Ridge, the tension was broken with the opening of the most dramatic mine offensive in history."--BOOK JACKET.
Messines 1917
Author: Alexander TurnerPublisher: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 9781846038457
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
At 0310 hours on 7 June 1917, the pre-dawn gloom on the Western Front was shattered by the 'pillars of fire' - the rapid detonation of 19 huge mines, secreted in tunnels under the German lines and containing 450 tonnes of explosives. Admitted by the Germans to be a 'masterstroke', the devastating blasts caused 10,000 soldiers to later be posted simply as 'missing'. Launching a pre-planned attack into the carnage, supported by tanks and a devastating artillery barrage, the British took the strategic objective of Messines Ridge within hours. A rare example of innovation and success in the First World War (1914-1918), this book is a fresh and timely examination of a fascinating campaign.