Baptism of Fire

Name: Baptism of Fire
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ISBN: 9780006395768

ISBN-10: 0006395767

ISBN-13: 9780006395768

Edition: 2007

Authors: Nathan M. Greenfield

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The Second Battle of Ypres was, by any definition, a brutal event in a brutal war. The already terrible conditions of trench warfare, punctuated by the unimaginable horror of shell fire that turned men into pink mist, became even worse when the Germans introduced chlorine gas. But despite the terror, the battle marked a key moment in the formation of Canadian identity and pride. After the Germans’ initial gas attack opened a 12-kilometre-long hole in Allied lines, it was the heroic 1st Canadian Division—men who had been in the trenches for just over a week—who rushed to fill the gap and block the enemy advance. Drawing on never-before-published material, Nathan M. Greenfield, author of…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada, Limited
Publication date: 10/20/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English