Pillars of Fire: The Battle of Messines Ridge June 1917

This book examines the battle for the Messines-Wytschaete Ridge from the British, ANZAC and German perspectives. It reassesses the reasons for Plumer's success, the implications of Haig's failure to exploit that success, and finally, the legacy of the battle.

• Author
• Ian Passingham, Peter Simkins, Jan Passingham

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 280

• Publisher
• Sutton Publishing

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780750934640

• Genres
• history

• Release date
• 2004