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The BEF in 1917: Arras, Vimy, Messines, Passchendaele and Cambrai: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Bob Carruthers
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Description for The BEF in 1917: Arras, Vimy, Messines, Passchendaele and Cambrai: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Paperback. Primary source description from the German perspective. With text from rare wartime publications and 250 photographs that chronicle events from pre-war to1915. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBWN; JWD; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
This new volume in the long-running Images of War series features the actions of the British Army at Passchendaele. The book is comprised of rare photographs illustrating the years of fighting on the northern sector of the Ypres salient, which finally culminated in the capture of the ridge at Passchendaele, accompanied by a powerful text written by Official War Correspondent Philip Gibbs, who was an eyewitness to the events. Photographs from the battlefield illustrate the terrible conditions, which the British forces on the battlefield endured in the notorious engagement, which has become synonymous with mud and squalor. ... Read more
This new volume in the long-running Images of War series features the actions of the British Army at Passchendaele. The book is comprised of rare photographs illustrating the years of fighting on the northern sector of the Ypres salient, which finally culminated in the capture of the ridge at Passchendaele, accompanied by a powerful text written by Official War Correspondent Philip Gibbs, who was an eyewitness to the events. Photographs from the battlefield illustrate the terrible conditions, which the British forces on the battlefield endured in the notorious engagement, which has become synonymous with mud and squalor. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473837799
SKU
V9781473837799
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99-10
About Bob Carruthers
Sir Philip Armand Hamilton Gibbs (1 May 1877-10 March 1962) was an English journalist and prolific author of books who served as one of five official British reporters during the First World War. He was officially accredited as a war correspondent in 1915, and his work appeared mainly in the Daily Telegraph and Daily Chronicle. Gibbs's wartime output was prodigious. ... Read more
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