OPPY WOOD
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OPPY WOOD (ebook)

DAVID BILTON

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PEN & SWORD MILITARY (ORIM)
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This latest book in the Battleground Europe series describes the battles over several years, and in particular 1917 and 1918, for a wood and small village. The Germans stubbornly refused to retreat as the area held a key position in their defense of Arras.In the bitter fighting, thousands of young men mainly from East Yorkshire (Hull) and East Lancashire were sacrificed.

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