Ypres, the First Gas Attack: 22nd April 1915 - Couverture souple

Buffetaut, Yves

 
9782846731041: Ypres, the First Gas Attack: 22nd April 1915
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 2846731047 ISBN 13 : 9782846731041
Editeur : Ysec Editions, 2008

Synopsis

On the 22nd April 1915, towards the end of the afternoon, a strange yellow-green cloud appeared over no man's land and drifts on the wind towards the French lines in the Langemarck-Pilckem sector, held by the 45th Division and the 87th French Territorial Division. Within just a few minutes, the French troops were suffocated under a cloud of chlorine gas and what few survivors remained were in full flight towards the rear. The Germans, meeting with little or no resistance, captured the Pilckem Ridge and right up to the Yser canal, opening a gaping breach between the French and Canadian lines. This volume retraces events as they unfold, as well as describing the lead-up to the battle and its immediate consequences. A large majority of the photographs which illustrate this volume have never been previously published.

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À propos de l'auteur

Yves Buffetaut is an internationally respected French military historian and editor of Histoire & Collections major magazine, Militaria. He lives in France.

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Éditeur
Ysec Editions
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
2846731047
ISBN 13 
9782846731041
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
80
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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