The British Flanders offensive of 1917 was one of the bloodiest episodes for the British Army in World War I and ranks with the Somme and Verdun for the sheer horror and scale of the fighting. It is also surrounded by controversy and odium, both from contemporaries and modern historians. This work seeks to discover the truth about Passchendaele by letting the protagonists tell their own story as the offensive is planned, launched and fought out to its bitter and bloody conclusion. Basing the book on the wealth of contemporary documents, military historian John Terraine allows readers to draw their own conclusions while he conveys the grinding inevitability of this great and tragic drama.
- ISBN10 0304353221
- ISBN13 9780304353224
- Publish Date 31 January 2000 (first published April 1984)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 17 October 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Cassell Military
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 384
- Language English