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Название: Passchendaele 1917: The Tommies' Experience of the Third Battle of Ypres Автор: Robert J. Parker Издательство: Amberley Publishing Год: 2017 Формат: PDF (conv) Страниц: 316 Размер: 3,5 МБ Язык: Английский
It seems absurd to claim it, but the Battle of Passchendaele was in many ways worse than the Somme. The British offensive, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was launched on the Belgium battlefield at 3.30 a.m. on 31 July 1917. It was a massive effort by General Sir Douglas Haig and the British Army to achieve a strategic breakthrough and defeat Germany. Attrition would defeat a Germany that was, many believed, on the ropes. Just one more big push would secure victory “ yet it failed.
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Passchendaele 1917: The Tommies' Experience of the Third Battle of Ypres 
