Trial By Gas The British Army at the Second Battle of Ypres / George H. Cassar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cassar, George H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use--History--20th century.

Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous.

Ypres, 2nd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1915.

Great Britain. Army--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, NB : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

World War I has long captured the macabre imagination for the seemingly willful manner in which nations sent their young men to die in droves while fighting over essentially the same patch of land for four long years. The vision of those senseless deaths becomes even harsher and more depraved when we consider how many soldiers were killed by poison gas. In May 1915 the long and bloody Second Battle of Ypres gained notoriety for the participants' use of poison gas, the first time the weapon had been used in battle. With both sides realizing the importance of victory in Ypres, moral consideratio

Contents:

Ypres, the Salient and the defending V Corps Divisions

Weapon of horror

The withdrawal and close of the Battle of St. Julien, 1-4 May

Interlude, 4-7 May

The Battle of Frezenberg Ridge, 8 May

The Battle of Frezenberg Ridge, 9-12 may

The Battle of Frezenberg Ridge, 13 May

The The Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge, 24-25 May

Retrospect.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61234-691-X

OCLC:

899560524