Wood Called Bourlon. The Cover-Up After Cambrai 1917 - Moore, William
the cover-up after Cambrai 1917
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After the great victory in the famous tank battle at Cambrai in 1917 the church bells, having been silent for three years, rang out joyously all over Britain. But within ten days triumph had turned to disaster. How did this happen and why? William Moore, a distinguished First World War historian, attempts to explain what went wrong. All the advantages gained were thrown away; thousands of British troops were captured and hundreds of guns were lost. Mr Moore has studied the evidence (much of it previously unpublished) contained in the inevitable enquiry that followed the disaster and he seeks to answer a number of questions. Was Field-Marshal Haig really as dour as he has been portrayed or was he a reckless gambler and was General Byng, whose troops and guns were captured, really a brilliant planner or a haughty aristocrat dedicated to proving that cavalry still had a place on the battlefield? Any why were they both obsessed with capturing Bourlon Ridge on which stood the sinister Bourlon Wood? A Highland Divi...
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2014Uitgever: Barnsley, Pen & Sword270 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1473821266ISBN-13: 9781473821262Koop dit boek tweedehands
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[Auteur: Moore, William] [Pagina's: 270] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Barnsley, Pen & Sword] [Jaar: 2014] [Titel: Wood Called Bourlon. The Cover-Up After Cambrai 1917]
