Passchendaele: A New History

Between July and November 1917, in a small corner of Belgium, more than 500,000 men were killed or maimed, gassed or drowned - and many of the bodies were never found.

The Ypres offensive represents the modern impression of the First World War: splintered trees, water-filled craters, muddy shell-holes. The climax was one of the worst battles of both world wars: Passchendaele.

The village fell eventually, only for the whole offensive to be called off. But, as Nick Lloyd shows, notably through previously unexamined German documents, it put the Allies nearer to a major turning point in the war than we have ever imagined.

‘This rigorous and well-illustrated study of the 'bloody draw', that was the Third Battle of Ypres is, in almost every respect, a model for what a military history should be.’ - The Sunday Telegraph Dr Nick Lloyd is an English academic and Reader of Imperial Military History at King's College London, his other works include Hundred Days: The End of the great War.