Baptism Of Fire  -  Nathan M. Greenfield

KORTE INHOUD

The Second Battle of Ypres was, by any definition, a brutal event in a brutal war. The already terrible conditions of trench warfare, punctuated by the unimaginable horror of shell fire that turned men into “pink mist,” became even worse when the Germans introduced chlorine gas. But despite the terror, the battle marked a key moment in the formation of Canadian identity and pride. After the Germans’ initial gas attack opened a 12-kilometre-long hole in Allied lines, it was the heroic 1st Canadian Division―m...
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Uitgever: harpercollins 496 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0006395767 ISBN-13: 9780006395768