{"product_id":"9780241970102","title":"Passchendaele","description":"Author: Lloyd, Nick\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241970102\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Oct 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 464 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe most compelling, critically acclaimed, account ever written of the climax of trench warfare on the Western Front\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A timely re-appraisal . . . \u003cb\u003ea masterpiece' General Lord Richard Dannatt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween July and November 1917, in a small corner of Belgium, more than 500,000 men were killed or maimed, gassed or drowned - and many of the bodies were never found. The Ypres offensive represents \u003ci\u003ethe \u003c\/i\u003emodern impression of the First World War: splintered trees, water-filled craters, muddy shell-holes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe climax was one of the worst battles of both world wars: \u003cb\u003ePasschendaele.\u003c\/b\u003e The village fell eventually, only for the whole offensive to be called off. But, as Nick Lloyd shows, notably through previously unexamined German documents, it put the Allies nearer to a major turning point in the war than we have ever imagined.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48171421139102,"sku":"UBD-9780241970102","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780241970102.jpg?v=1787220828","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780241970102","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}