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A Visitor's Guide eBook Series

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  • The Somme 1916—Beyond the First Day

    Beaucourt and Mametz Wood to the Butte de Warlencourt

    by Jon Cooksey, Jerry Murland ...
    Series series A Visitor's Guide
    In their second Visitor's Guide to the 1916 Battle of the Somme Jon Cooksey and Jerry Murland focus on the series of secondary battles that were key stages in the five-month struggle that followed the start of the offensive on 1 July. They take the visitor – and the reader – across the entire battlefield, covering in graphic detail sites where actions took place that are almost as famous as the ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The First Day of the Somme

    Gommecourt to Maricourt, 1 July 1916

    by Jon Cooksey, Jerry Murland ...
    Series series A Visitor's Guide
    Many guidebooks cover the Somme offensive in 1916, the five-month struggle that has come to be seen as one of the defining episodes in the history of the fighting on the Western Front during the First World War. But no previous guide has concentrated on the first day, 1 July 1916, when the British Army suffered around 60,000 casualties. That is why, on the centenary of that great battle, this new ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Battles of Arras: South

    Bullecourt, Monchy-le-Preux, Wancourt and the Valley of the Scarpe

    by Jon Cooksey, Jerry Murland ...
    Series series A Visitor's Guide
    An illustrated and informative guide to the WWI battlefields south of Arras, France, including some of the most significant battles of 1917.Some of the most famous and frequently visited battlefields on the Western Front are just to the south of the Arras. These sites include Battery Valley and Observation Ridge, Telegraph Hill, Monchy-le-Preux, Wancourt, and Bullecourt. And this clearly written, ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Battles of Arras: North

    Vimy Ridge to Oppy Wood and Gavrelle

    by Jon Cooksey, Jerry Murland ...
    Series series A Visitor's Guide
    A guidebook for those planning a tour of this key battleground of the First World War.The First World War battlefields to the north of Arras—including Vimy Ridge—are among the most famous and most visited sites on the Western Front, rivaled only by those around Ypres and the Somme, and this clearly written, highly illustrated guide is the ideal introduction to them. Visitors can trace for ... Read more

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  • Brave Battalion

    The Remarkable Saga of the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) in the First World War

    by Mark Zuehlke ...
    Brave Battalion presents the story of four Canadian Highland regiments that were banded together as the 16th Battalion. Ninety years after the end of WWI, this work honours those soldiers and makes their stories a vivid reality. Focusing on the Canadian Scottish (Princess Mary’s) Battalion, Mark Zuehlke presents the harrowing experiences that bonded the men and which came to represent the uniting ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Retreat & Rearguard: Dunkirk 1940

    The Evacuation of the BEF to the Channel Ports

    by Jerry Murland ...
    The dramatic story of how a quarter million men were evacuated from the coast of France—and how the British Expeditionary Force fought on.This book, part of the Retreat and Rearguard series, covers the actions of the BEF during the retreat from the Dyle Line to the evacuation points of Dunkirk, Boulogne, Calais, Saint-Valery-en-Caux, and finally the Cherbourg Peninsula.Some of the engagements are ... Read more

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  • The Battle for Vimy Ridge, 1917

    by Nigel Cave, Jack Sheldon ...
    In a new departure in the Battleground Europe series, this book is a guide to both sides of a major battle in this case to the Canadian Corps operations against 1st Bavarian Reserve Corps at Vimy from 9 12 April 1917, which formed part of the opening of the British offensive, known as the Battle of Arras. Historically, the capture of Vimy Ridge was an event far more significant than its undoubted ... Read more

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  • Walking with the ANZACS

    The authoritative guide to the Australian battlefields of the Western Front

    by Mat McLachlan ...
    '[Mat McLachlan's] knowledge of the front is comprehensive' - Sydney Morning HeraldA complete guide to the Australian battlefields of the Western Front 1916-18.Walking with the ANZACs aims to become the new essential companion for Australians visiting the Western Front. Each of the 14 most important Australian battlefields is covered with descriptions of the battles and Australia’s involvement in ... Read more

    Was $20.99 USD Now $7.99 USD

  • A Guide to the Beaches and Battlefields of Normandy

    by David Evans ...
    A Guide to the Beaches and Battlefields of Normandy provides an accessible background to the momentous events of 6 June 1944 as well as a complete guide to each and every town, village, beach, battery and cemetery that figured in the battle. This comprehensive book contains a wealth of detail that charts the heroism, poignancy and tragedy of events that were to alter the course of history. With ... Read more

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  • Operation Market Garden

    Leopoldsburg-Eindhoven-Nijmegen-Arnhem-Oosterbeek

    by Tonie Holt, Valmai Holt ...
    Series series Major & Mrs Holt's Definitive Battlefield Guide
    A guide to the history of World War II Allied military operation, plus battlefield sites and other points of interest you can visit.Like the other books in the Holts' acclaimed Battlefield Guide Series (see inside for details) this is much more than just a guidebook. It charts in fascinating detail what happened at each recommended stop and brings alive, with cameos and personal recollections, the ... Read more

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  • Walking the Somme

    by Paul Reed ...
    Series series Battleground Somme
    This new edition of the classic WWI battlefield guide is updated with current information and a new walking tour through Mametz Wood.Paul Reed's Walking the Somme is an essential traveling companion for anyone visiting the site of the 1916 Battle of the Somme. It distills a lifetime of research into the battle and the landscape over which it was fought. Combining expert insight, historical context ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tanks on the Somme

    From Morval to Beaumont Hamel

    by Trevor Pidgeon ...
    On 15 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, tanks - one of the decisive weapons of twentieth-century warfare - were sent into action for the first time. In his previous books Trevor Pidgeon, one of the leading authorities on the early tanks, has told the story of that memorable day, but only now has his account of later tank operations during the Somme battle become available. In this, ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus