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Books for the Battlefield Tourist

No other theatre of war is more comprehensively covered by books for the battlefield tourist than the Western Front of the First World War. Virtually every square yard of the bloody, muddy ground that was repeatedly contested during those four tragic years is described in minute detail in Guides written with the footsore tourist specifically in mind. The great battles - Loos, the Somme, Ypres, Cambrai and the climactic battles of 1918, all have books devoted to them. So do lesser actions and small sectors of the bigger battlefields. Now that the Channel Tunnel and fast ferries have brought the Western Front within closer reach than ever, the Naval and Military Press' huge range of Great War Guides are a must-take companion.
Books for the Battlefield Tourist


BATTLEFIELD GUIDE: VERDUN 1916

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BATTLEFIELD GUIDE: VERDUN 1916

 

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BATTLEGROUND EUROPE: SOMME COMBLES

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Description and tour of the battlefield area around Combles and the fighting which led to its capture in September 1916 by 56th (London) Division.

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BATTLEGROUND EUROPE: AUBERS RIDGE

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Aubers Ridge was the second in the series of Spring offensives reluctantly initiated by Britain in 1915 to take pressure off the French. Preceded by Neuve Chapelle and followed by Festubert, the attack at Aubers Ridge in May once more demonstrated the BEF’s woeful lack of guns and shells so esse...

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BATTLEGROUND EUROPE: BEAUCOURT SOMME

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Beaucourt was one of the last parts of the Battle of the Somme still to be covered, by the splendid Battleground Europe Series. It was also one of the last actions of the Battle of the Somme, 1916.The eventual capture of Beaucourt along with Beaumont Hamel forced the Germans to retreat to their n...

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES BRITISH TRENCH MAP ATLAS
THE WESTERN FRONT 1914-18 1:10,000 REGULAR SERIES
WITH AN INDEX OF OVER 20,000 TRENCH AND TOPOGRAPHICAL NAMES AND A COMMENTARY FOR EACH MAP

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES BRITISH TRENCH MAP ATLAS THE WESTERN FRONT 1914-18 1:10,000 REGULAR SERIES WITH AN INDEX OF OVER 20,000 TRENCH AND TOPOGRAPHICAL NAMES AND A COMMENTARY FOR EACH MAP

700+ trench maps from the collection held at The National Archives • Unique searchable index to trench names, hyperlinked to map(s) • Significant places of interest also hyperlinked • Historical and cartographical commentary • Edited by Dr Peter Chasseaud • Full technical support available • La...

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BATTLEGROUND EUROPE: FLERS & GUEUDECOURT: Somme

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BATTLEGROUND EUROPE: FLERS & GUEUDECOURT: Somme

Vivid battlefield guide to the Somme hamlet where the tank made its debut on September 15th 1916. A clear account of the battle with superb maps.

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BATTLEGROUND EUROPE: LOOS-HOHENZOLLERN: French Flanders

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BATTLEGROUND EUROPE: LOOS-HOHENZOLLERN: French Flanders

The most important British battle on the western front in 1915 at last gets the full treatment it deserves in a ‘Battlefield Europe’ classic. Loos, though a bloody failure, saw heroism in plenty, and was a grim ‘blooding’ for the BEF.

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BATTLEGROUND EUROPE: LE CATEAU

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BATTLEGROUND EUROPE: LE CATEAU

Le Cateau (26-27 August 1914) was the second major action fought by the BEF in the Great War. His men exhausted after fighting at Mons and by the subsequent speedy retreat, Lieutenant-General Horace Smith-Dorrien (commanding II Corps) decided that he had to make a stand in the vicinity of Le Cate...

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BYGONE PILGRIMAGE. THE SOMME Volume 2 1918
An Illustrated History and Guide to the Battlefields  1914-1918.

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BYGONE PILGRIMAGE. THE SOMME Volume 2 1918 An Illustrated History and Guide to the Battlefields 1914-1918.

Second volume of the Michelin guide to the Somme battlefields, covering events in 1918 with the German Spring offensive, followed by the Allied summer counter-attack.

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BYGONE PILGRIMAGE. BATTLEFIELDS OF THE MARNE 1914.
An illustrated History and Guide to the Battlefields.

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BYGONE PILGRIMAGE. BATTLEFIELDS OF THE MARNE 1914. An illustrated History and Guide to the Battlefields.

Michelin guide to the’ miracle of the Marne’ the far-flung battlefield east of Paris where the German advance in September 1914 was checked and hurled back.

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