The beginning of the end of World War I was fought in Flanders in the autumn of 1917. The author's patented day-by-day method of telling each side's story, based on new research and aided by comprehensive illustrations and maps, carefully describes each attack by the British under General Plumer and each counterattack by the Germans under Ludendorff. The two critical battles for the Passchendaele-Staden ridge, with ground gained and lost without clear consequences, led to fearful casualties on both sides -- 250,000 British soldiers and 88 German divisions pulverized -- and demonstrates why this form of warfare has never been repeated in any major war.
- ISBN10 1854092170
- ISBN13 9781854092175
- Publish Date 16 November 1995
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 December 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Weidenfeld Military
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English