Passchendaele

Between July and November 1917, in a small corner of Belgium, more than 500,000 men were killed or maimed - 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. This is the most comprehensive account ever written of the climax of trench warfare on the Western Front.