Passchendaele
The Hollow Victory
Published on 19. June 2006
192 pages
978-1-78340-962-4 (ISBN)
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Passchendaele is one of the most evocative names associated with the Great War. For over 80 years, the battle has epitomized pointless slaughter on an unimaginable scale. The bare statistics are shocking in themselves - the British, French and German armies suffered over half a million casualties between July and November 1917. Ever since, the image of hapless soldiers struggling through the mud and the shellfire has come to represent the futility of trench warfare and the incompetence of their commanders. Yet, as Martin Marix Evans demonstrates in this gripping and perceptive reassessment, some common assumptions about the course of the battle - and the ways in which it was fought - are mistaken and should be looked at again.
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Passchendaele: the Hollow Victory
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Martin Marix Evans is an author and historian.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of illustrations and maps
- Acknowledgements
- Background:
- The Terrain
- The Weather
- The Experience of War in 1916 and 1917
- The Learning Curve
- Messines
- Campaign Chronicle:
- 1 June 1917: Gough Prepares a Massive Blow
- 10 July: German Assault at Lombartzyde Thrown Back
- 17 July: British Bombardment on the Ypres Front Begins
- 25 July: Six-Day Delay Ordered
- 27 July: The Guards Cross the Yser Canal
- 31 July: Battle of Pilkem Ridge
- 16 August: Battle of Langemarck
- 19 August: Dramatic Success of British Tanks
- 22 August: Remaining Strong Points on the Zonnebeke-Langemarck Road Attacked
- 25 August: Inverness Copse Lost
- 27 August: Springfield Falls to the Worcestershires
- 31 August: Second Army Publishes New Guidelines For Attacks
- 20 September: Battle of the Menin Road
- 26 September: Battle of Polygon Wood
- 4 October: Battle of Broodseinde
- 9 October: Battle of Poelcappelle
- 12 October: First Battle of Passchendaele
- 22 October: Fifth Army Attacks
- 26 October: Second Battle of Passchendaele, First Phase - Canadians Reach Dry Ground
- 27 October: Second Battle of Passchendaele, First Phase - Canadians Consolidate
- 30 October: Second Battle of Passchendaele, Second Phase - Crest Farm and Meetcheele in Canadian Hands
- 6 November: Second Battle of Passchendaele, Third Phase - Passchendaele Falls to the Canadians
- 10 November: Second Battle of Passchendaele, Final Phase - Canadians Secure the High Ground
- Aftermath:
- The Context
- A Flawed Plan?
- Should It Have Been Stopped?
- What Went Wrong?
- Was It Worth It?
- Biographical Notes
- Orders of Battle
- Campaign Glossary
- Sources and Bibliography
- Index
