Ebook: Passchendaele 1917

Of all the costly campaigns fought across the Western Front during the First World War, none strikes a more chilling chord than Passchendaele. Even now, more than ninety years on, the very mention of the name is enough to conjure up apocalyptic images of desolation and misery on a quite bewildering scale - humanity drowning in a sea of mud. Passchendaele has come to serve as a symbol of the folly and futility of war, chiefly remembered for its carnage and profligate waste of human lives. It also stands as testament to the endurance and extraordinary courage displayed by men of all ranks and na.;Cover; Title; Acknowledgements; Contents; Preface to the 2012 Edition; Introduction; L.W. Andrew; T.R. Colyer-Fergusson and C. Coffin; B. Best-Dunkley, T.F. Mayson and N.G. Chavasse; D.G.W. Hewitt; A. Edwards and G.I. McIntosh; J.L. Davies and I. Rees; R.J. Bye and T. Whitham; H. Ackroyd; A. Loosemore; F.G. Room; W. Edwards and E. Cooper; W.H. Grimbaldeston and J.K. Skinner; J. Carmichael; J. Moyney and T. Woodcock; F. Birks and R.R. Inwood; H. Reynolds and W.H. Hewitt; A.J. Knight; M.S.S. Moore; W.F. Burman and E.A. Egerton; H. Colvin; J.B. Hamilton; J.J. Dwyer and P.J. Bugden; P.E. Bent.