Battle Lines: Ypres - Nieuwpoort to Ploegsteert
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2013
Pen & Sword Military (Verlag)
978-1-84884-793-4 (ISBN)
Pen & Sword Military (Verlag)
978-1-84884-793-4 (ISBN)
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Walking, cycling and driving guide to the Ypres Salient and all the nearby Great War sites. Gives visitors the chance to choose their itineraries and explore the battlefields at their own pace. Describes what can be seen and what happened in each historic place. Packed with practical information and vivid detail.
Battle Lines Ypres, the first volume in Pen & Sword's new series of walking, cycling and driving guides to the Western Front, is the essential companion for every visitor to the Ypres Salient and the battlefields of Belgium. Many of the most famous - and most memorable - Great War sites are featured here. Expert guides Jon Cooksey and Jerry Murland take visitors over a series of routes that can be walked or biked or driven, explaining the fighting that occurred in each place in vivid detail. They describe what happened, where it happened, and why, and who was involved, and point out the sights that remain there for the visitor to see. Their accounts give a fascinating insight into the landscape of the front line and the acts of war that took place there a century ago.
Battle Lines Ypres, the first volume in Pen & Sword's new series of walking, cycling and driving guides to the Western Front, is the essential companion for every visitor to the Ypres Salient and the battlefields of Belgium. Many of the most famous - and most memorable - Great War sites are featured here. Expert guides Jon Cooksey and Jerry Murland take visitors over a series of routes that can be walked or biked or driven, explaining the fighting that occurred in each place in vivid detail. They describe what happened, where it happened, and why, and who was involved, and point out the sights that remain there for the visitor to see. Their accounts give a fascinating insight into the landscape of the front line and the acts of war that took place there a century ago.
Jon Cooksey is a leading military historian who takes a special interest in the history of the world wars and the Falklands War. He is the former editor of Battlefields Review and the current editor of Stand To!, the journal of the Western Front Association, and his articles have appeared in many of the foremost military magazines and in national newspapers. As an experienced battlefield guide, he regularly leads tours to the battlefields of both world wars as well as the Falkland Islands. Jerry Murland is a well-known battlefield guide and author of histories of the Great War
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.4.2013 |
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Zusatzinfo | 100 colour and black and white illustrations |
Verlagsort | South Yorkshire |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseführer |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 1-84884-793-9 / 1848847939 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84884-793-4 / 9781848847934 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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