Research Catalog

Title

Slaughter and stalemate in 1917 : British offensives from Messines Ridge to Cambrai / Alan Warren.

Author

Warren, Alan, 1967-

Publication

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]

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Details

Description

xiv, 253 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book offers a fresh, critical history of the 1917 campaign in Flanders. Alan Warren traces the three major battles fought by the British Expeditionary Force in the final months of 1917, from the mines of Messines to the mud of Passchendaele and the tanks at Cambrai. Drawing on a rich array of sources, Warren provides a vivid account of two tragically mismanaged battles, showing that Cambrai further underlined what went wrong for British forces at Passchendaele and thus more fully explains the course of events on the Western front. His compelling narrative history features first-hand accounts, little-known dramatic incidents, and portraits and assessments of the main generals. All readers interested in World War I and the tragic mistakes that led, in the words of Winston Churchill, to "a forlorn expenditure of valour and life without equal in futility" will find this an invaluable military history"--

Series Statement

War and society

Alternative Title

British offensives from Messines Ridge to Cambrai

Subject

• Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force > History > World War, 1914-1918
• Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force
• 1914-1918
• World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Belgium
• Messines, Battle of, Belgium, 1917
• Cambrai, Battle of, Cambrai, France, 1917
• World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western Front
• Military campaigns
• Belgium
• France > Cambrai
• Western Front (World War (1914-1918))

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Stalemate on the Western Front -- The road to Flanders -- Interregnum in Flanders -- The opening stanza -- Stormy weather -- Menin Road -- Polygon Wood to Broodseinde -- Final steps to Passchendaele -- The switch to Cambrai -- The Tank Corps and the Hindenburg Line -- Bring forward the cavalry -- The drive for Bourlon -- The tide turns at Cambrai -- Aftermath.

Call Number

JFE 21-2943

ISBN

• 9781538143100
• 1538143100

LCCN

• 2020026790
• 40030345817

OCLC

1152062027

Author

Warren, Alan, 1967- author.

Title

Slaughter and stalemate in 1917 : British offensives from Messines Ridge to Cambrai / Alan Warren.

Publisher

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

War and society

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1914-1918

Other Form:

Online version: Warren, Alan, 1967- Slaughter and stalemate in 1917 Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020] 9781538143117 (DLC) 2020026791

Other Standard Identifier

40030345817

Research Call Number

JFE 21-2943