Nurses of Passchendaele: Caring for the Wounded of the Ypres Campaigns 1914 - 1918

by Christine E Hallett and Christine E. Hallett

The Ypres Salient saw some of the bitterest fighting of the First World War. The once-fertile fields of Flanders were turned into a quagmire through which men fought for four years. In casualty clearing stations, on ambulance trains and barges, and at base hospitals near the French and Belgian coasts, nurses of many nations cared for these traumatized and damaged men.Drawing on letters, diaries and personal accounts from archives all over the world,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526702886
• ISBN13: 9781526702883
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"