Baptism Of Fire

Amazon.com Price: $25.95 (as of 05/05/2019 20:34 PST- Details)

Description

The Second Battle of Ypres was once, by any definition, a brutal event in a brutal war. The already terrible conditions of trench warfare, punctuated by the not possible horror of shell fire that turned men into “pink mist,” was even worse when the Germans introduced chlorine gas. But in spite of the phobia, the battle marked a key moment within the formation of Canadian identity and pride. After the Germans’ initial gas attack opened a 12-kilometre-long hole in Allied lines, it was once the heroic 1st Canadian Division—men who had been within the trenches for just over a week—who rushed to fill the space and block the enemy advance.
    Drawing on never-before-published subject material, Nathan M. Greenfield, writer of The Battle of the St. Lawrence, presents a gripping new account of the Second Battle of Ypres. Here are the voices of the warriors themselves—both Canadian and German—reaching across more than 90 years with a stunning immediacy.


Recent Products