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Slaughter and stalemate in 1917 : British offensives from Messines Ridge to Cambrai / Alan Warren.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Warren, Alan, 1967- author.
- Series:
- War and society.
- War and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force--History--World War, 1914-1918.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Belgium.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Messines, Battle of, Belgium, 1917.
- Cambrai, Battle of, Cambrai, France, 1917.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 253 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Other Title:
- British offensives from Messines Ridge to Cambrai
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A critical history of the 1917 campaigns in Flanders and at Cambrai. Drawing on a rich array of sources, Warren provides a vivid account of two tragically mismanaged battles. Cambrai further underlined what went wrong for British forces at Passchendaele, thus more fully explaining the course of events on the Western front.
- Contents:
- Stalemate on the Western Front
- The road to Flanders
- Interregnum in Flanders
- The opening stanza
- Stormy weather
- Menin Road
- Polygon Wood to Broodseinde
- Final steps to Passchendaele
- The switch to Cambrai
- The Tank Corps and the Hindenburg Line
- Bring forward the cavalry
- The drive for Bourlon
- The tide turns at Cambrai
- Aftermath.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Warren, Alan, 1967- Slaughter and stalemate in 1917
- ISBN:
- 9781538143117
- 1538143119
- Publisher Number:
- 40030354769
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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