Ypres 1914: Langemarck

Ypres 1914: Langemarck

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Ypres 1914: Langemarck




Author:Nigel Cave
Language:English
Format:Softcover
Dimensions:5.25" x 8.5"
Pages:208
Photos:125 b/w pics and maps
Publisher:Pen and Sword Military
ISBN:9781781591994
Item No. 9781781591994



These three Battleground Europe books on Ypres 1914 mark the centenary of the final major battle of the 1914 campaign on the Western Front. Although fought over a relatively small area and short time span, the fighting was even more than usually chaotic and the stakes were extremely high. Authors Nigel Cave and Jack Sheldon combine their respective expertise to tell the story of the men – British, French, Indian and German - who fought over the unremarkable undulating ground that was to become firmly placed in British national conscience ever afterwards.When, in October 1914, the newly created German Fourth Army attacked west to seize crossings over the Yser, prior to sweeping south in an attempt to surround the BEF, two things prevented it. To the north, it was the efforts of the Belgian army, reinforced by French troops, coupled with controlled flooding of the polders but, further south, the truly heroic defense of Langemarck, for three days by the BEF and then by the French army, was of decisive importance. The village stood as a bulwark against any further advance to the river or the town of Ypres. Here the German regiments bled to death in the face of resolute Allied defense and any remaining hope of forcing a decision in the west turned to dust.