Passchendaele

Discover the haunting tale of Passchendaele, a powerful exploration of one of World War I's most devastating battles. In this meticulously crafted account, Paul Ham uncovers the grim realities of the Western Front during the infamous four-month battle from July to November 1917, often regarded as the worst year of the Great War. With 592 pages of immersive storytelling, readers will experience the relentless attrition that defined the conflict, as well as the resilience of ordinary soldiers facing unimaginable hardships.

Passchendaele - Requiem for Doomed Youth captures the shocking imagery of blackened tree stumps and the haunting presence of fallen men and horses, forever stained in the muddy trenches of war. This striking book not only commemorates the centenary of the battle but also serves as a critical reminder of the sacrifices made during this brutal period in history.

Perfect for history enthusiasts and collectors alike, this brand new edition (ISBN: 9781864711448), published by Random House Australia in 2016, is bound in durable paper over boards, ensuring its place on your bookshelf for years to come. Gain insights into the psychological toll of warfare and reflect on the nature of conflict through these vivid narratives.

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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781864711448
Format: Paper over boards
Year: 2016
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA
Pages: 592


Description:
Passchendaele epitomises everything that was most terrible about the Western Front. The photographs never sleep of this four-month battle, fought from July to November 1917, the worst year of the war- blackened tree stumps rising out of a field of mud, corpses of men and horses drowned in shell holes, terrified soldiers huddled in trenches awaiting the whistle.

The intervening century, the most violent in human history, has not disarmed these pictures of their power to shock. At the very least they ask us, on the 100th anniversary of the battle, to see and to try to understand what happened here. Yes, we commemorate the event. Yes, we adorn our breasts with poppies. But have we seen? Have we understood? Have we dared to reason why?

What happened at Passchendaele was the expression of the 'wearing-down war', the war of pure attrition at its most spectacular and ferocious.

Paul Ham's Passchendaele- Requiem for Doomed Youth shows how ordinary men on both sides endured this constant state of siege, with a very real awareness that they were being gradually, deliberately, wiped out. Yet the men never broke- they went over the top, when ordered, again and again and again. And if they fell dead or wounded, they were casualties in the 'normal wastage', as the commanders described them, of attritional war.

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