Passchendaele: The Untold Story

An account of the 1917 battles around Passchendaele, aka the Third Battle of Ypres. The major focus is of the British viewpoint, and where the blame for the battle being allowed to continue after it was clear that it was turning into another Somme like slogging match. The typical WW-I western front story of trench warfare in all of it's horror. To add to it much of the later stages of the battle took place in wet weather. With the ground in this part of Flanders being already low laying and the drainage being destroyed by all the shelling, it turned most of the battle field into a quagmire.

An intresting book if you already know some of the background of the battle and the Western front. I would look elsewhere if you want a first read on the subject.