A Moonlight Massacre: The Night Operation on the Passchendaele Ridge, 2 December 1917. the Forgotten Last Act of the Third Battle of Ypres

by Michael Locicero

Book Overview

The Third Battle of Ypres was officially terminated by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig with the opening of the Battle of Cambrai on 20 November 1917. Nevertheless, a comparatively unknown set-piece attack - the only large-scale night operation carried out on the Flanders front during the campaign - was launched twelve days later on 2 December. This volume is a necessary corrective to previously published campaign narratives of what has become popularly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911628720
• ISBN13: 9781911628729
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"