In the second volume devoted to the Western Front of World War I, Simkins describes the last great battles of attrition at Arras, on the Aisne and... Læs mere
The Great War - particularly the great battles such as the Somme and Verdun - continues to fascinate us and casts long shadows over our world today.... Læs mere
In this, the second volume covering the war on the Western Front, Peter Simkins describes the last great battles of attrition at Arras, on the Aisne and at Passchendaele in 1917.
In this volume Peter Simkins re-examines the struggle and sheds an interesting new light on the nature, course and effects of the fighting in France and Belgium from 1914 to 1916.