Ypres 1914 / Battleground Early Battles 1914 (ePub)
The Menin Road
(Sprache: Englisch)
A vivid history of how a battered British Expeditionary Force stopped the advancing Germans, against the odds and just in time.
Ypres 1914: The Menin Road is part of a three-book series about the final major battle of the 1914 campaign on the Western...
Ypres 1914: The Menin Road is part of a three-book series about the final major battle of the 1914 campaign on the Western...
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A vivid history of how a battered British Expeditionary Force stopped the advancing Germans, against the odds and just in time.
Ypres 1914: The Menin Road is part of a three-book series about the final major battle of the 1914 campaign on the Western Front. Although fought over a relatively small area and short time span, the battle was even more chaotic than usual, and the stakes were extremely high. Authors Nigel Cave and Jack Sheldon combine their respective expertise to tell the story of the men-British, French, Indian and German-who fought over this piece of ground.
The most direct route to Ypres for the advancing German columns in October 1914 was along the axis of the Menin Road. It was here that the Old Contemptibles of the British Expeditionary Force earned their legendary heroic status as they fought off increasingly desperate German assaults day after day, while place names such as Zandvoorde, Polygon Wood, and Gheluvelt were first etched into the British national consciousness. Bent and battered by the German storm, dressed in rags and short of food, equipment, and ammunition, the regiments of the old professional army stood their ground against huge odds. When, on November 11, they finally halted the Prussian Guards around Polygon Wood, virtually within sight of Ypres, they were reduced to one thin firing line. The BEF was at its last gasp-but it had inflicted a crushing defeat on the German army.
Ypres 1914: The Menin Road is part of a three-book series about the final major battle of the 1914 campaign on the Western Front. Although fought over a relatively small area and short time span, the battle was even more chaotic than usual, and the stakes were extremely high. Authors Nigel Cave and Jack Sheldon combine their respective expertise to tell the story of the men-British, French, Indian and German-who fought over this piece of ground.
The most direct route to Ypres for the advancing German columns in October 1914 was along the axis of the Menin Road. It was here that the Old Contemptibles of the British Expeditionary Force earned their legendary heroic status as they fought off increasingly desperate German assaults day after day, while place names such as Zandvoorde, Polygon Wood, and Gheluvelt were first etched into the British national consciousness. Bent and battered by the German storm, dressed in rags and short of food, equipment, and ammunition, the regiments of the old professional army stood their ground against huge odds. When, on November 11, they finally halted the Prussian Guards around Polygon Wood, virtually within sight of Ypres, they were reduced to one thin firing line. The BEF was at its last gasp-but it had inflicted a crushing defeat on the German army.
Autoren-Porträt von Nigel Cave, Jack Sheldon
Nigel Cave is the founder editor of the Battleground Europe series; his association with the Company goes back some thirty years.
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- Autoren: Nigel Cave , Jack Sheldon
- 2020, 176 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: PEN & SWORD BOOKS
- ISBN-10: 1473884640
- ISBN-13: 9781473884649
- Erscheinungsdatum: 12.11.2020
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