| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Ypres, the Salient and the defending V Corps Divisions -- Weapon of horror -- The withdrawal and close of the Battle of St. Julien, 1-4 May -- Interlude, 4-7 May -- The Battle of Frezenberg Ridge, 8 May -- The Battle of Frezenberg Ridge, 9-12 May -- The Battle of Frezenberg Ridge, 13 May -- The The Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge, 24-25 May -- Retrospect |
| Summary |
World War I has long captured the macabre imagination for the seemingly willful manner in which nations sent their young men to die in droves while fighting over essentially the same patch of land for four long years. The vision of those senseless deaths becomes even harsher and more depraved when we consider how many soldiers were killed by poison gas. In May 1915 the long and bloody Second Battle of Ypres gained notoriety for the participants' use of poison gas, the first time the weapon had been used in battle. With both sides realizing the importance of victory in Ypres, moral consideratio |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and index |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Army -- History -- 20th century
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain. Army fast |
| Subject |
Ypres, 2nd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1915.
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Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- War use -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War I.
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Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- War use
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Belgium -- Ieper
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781612346908 |
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1612346901 |
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161234691X |
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9781612346915 |
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