Passchendaele and the Battles of Ypres 1914-18 (Battles and Histories)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: November 10, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781855327344
Subjects: European history: First World War; Land forces & warfare; War & defence operations; First World War, 1914-1918; Military History - World War I; History; History - Military / War; Military; Belgium; HIS027090; HIS; HIS027060; Military - World War I; History / Military / World War I; Military - Strategy
First sentence: The ancient town of Ypres stands at the southern border of Flanders with flat marshy land stretching away to the northwest, gently rolling fields to the north-east and the hills to the south rising to overlook the area.