Bygone Pilgrimage The Somme Volume 2 1918 An Illustrated History And Guide To The Battlefields
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Bygone Pilgrimage Verdun And The Battles For Its Possession
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Author : Michelin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-04-01
Bygone Pilgrimage Verdun And The Battles For Its Possession written by Michelin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-04-01 with categories.
The great German assault on Verdun opened on 21 February 1916 and the battle went on with furious attacks and counterattacks till it finally petered out on 18 December, ten months later, some two and a half months longer than the British offensives of the Somme and Third Ypres combined. After describing the origins and conduct of the battle with maps and illustrations the book takes us on a tour of the town and of various parts of the battlefield with its numerous forts. There are two itineraries, one visits the right bank of the Meuse, with the forts of DOuaum,ont, Vaux and Souville the other the left bank and the bloody and sinisterly named hill called the Mort Homme ( dead Man ). The Verdun battlefield still has today a sombre, even eerie atmosphere where no birds seem to sing. Casualty figures differ widely, but the French Official History gives 377,000 French casualties while the German figure is 337,000.
Bygone Pilgrimage Rheims And The Battles For Its Possession An Illustrated Guide To The Battlefields
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Author : Michelin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-04-01
Bygone Pilgrimage Rheims And The Battles For Its Possession An Illustrated Guide To The Battlefields written by Michelin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-04-01 with categories.
The book opens with an interesting, brief history of the cathedral city where French kings were traditionally crowned before leading into the Great War. The Germans occupied Rheims for a short time in September 1914 but were forced to withdraw. Thereafter they subjected the town to frequent bombardments throughout the war, inflicting enormous damage on the place; the famous cathedral was badly knocked about. The fighting for the town in 1914 is described as is, briefly, the disastrous French Nivelle offensive of April 1917, the German last fling in July 1918 and the final operations of September-November 1918, all with explanatory maps.There are two itineraries of the town with accompanying street plans, and four tours of the battlefield. The photos are, as usual, of great interest, showing Rheims before and during the war.
Bygone Pilgrimage Arras And The Battles Of Artois An Illustrated Guide To The Battlefields 1914 1918
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Author : Michelin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004-01
Bygone Pilgrimage Arras And The Battles Of Artois An Illustrated Guide To The Battlefields 1914 1918 written by Michelin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01 with Arras (France) categories.
One of the famous series of Michelin guides to the Great War battlefields. This book is primarily concerned with the French offensives of May and September 1915 in which they suffered appalling casualties. It takes you through such places as Notre Dame de Lorette (now the French National Memorial), Carency, Souchez, Ablain St Nazaire, Vimy and, of course, Arras itself. The British part in the overall plan (Joffre s) was at Aubers Ridge in May and Loos in September; both are outside the scope of this book. The British Arras offensive of April/May 1917 is briefly described. There are numerous, splendid photos of the battlefields before, during and just after the war. There are many familiar places, hard to recognize as they are today; nevertheless this is an evocative record and one full of interest to today s pilgrims.
The Somme Volume 2 The Second Battle Of The Somme 1918 Illustrations
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Author : Michelin and Cie Publisher
language : en
Publisher: Michelin & Cie
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The Somme Volume 2 The Second Battle Of The Somme 1918 Illustrations written by Michelin and Cie Publisher and has been published by Michelin & Cie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
At different periods during the War, important events took place in the Plains of Picardy, in the region which extends between Amiens and St. Quentin, Bapaume and Noyon, between the valleys of the rivers Ancre, Avre and Oise. The franco-british Offensive of july-september 1916, and the German Retreat of March 1917, are described in the Michelin Guide The First Battle of the Somme, 1916 - 1917 which includes carefully prepared itineraries, enabling the reader to cover the whole battle field of that period.
Battlefield Tourism
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Author : David William Lloyd
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-07-31
Battlefield Tourism written by David William Lloyd and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-31 with History categories.
In the aftermath of the Great War, a wave of tourists and pilgrims visited the battlefields, cemeteries and memorials of the war. The cultural history of this 'battlefield tourism' is chronicled in this absorbing and original book, which shows how the phenomenon served to construct memory in Britain, as well as in Australia and Canada. The author demonstrates that high and low culture, tradition and modernism, the sacred and the profane were often inter-related, rather than polar opposites. The various responses to the actual and imagined landscapes of battlefields are discussed, as well as bereavement and how this was shaped by gender, religion and the military experience. Individual memory and experience combined with nationalism and 'imperial' identity as powerful forces informing the pilgrim experience.But this book not only analyzes travel to battlefields, which unsurprisingly paralleled the growth of the modern tourist industry; it also looks closely at the transformation of national war memorials into pilgrimage sites, and shows how responses both to battlefields and memorials, which continue to serve as potent symbols, evolved in the years after the Great War.
Guide To Reprints
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Guide To Reprints written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Editions categories.
The Middlebrook Guide To The Somme Battlefields
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Author : Mary Middlebrook
language : en
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Release Date : 2016-04-30
The Middlebrook Guide To The Somme Battlefields written by Mary Middlebrook and has been published by Pen & Sword Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-30 with Battlefields categories.
* The name Middlebrook is greatly respected by experts and laymen alike. * Covers not just the WW1 battles but the full span of history. * Full of useful information and points of interest. * Well illustrated and beautifully written. * A proven success now fully updated.
The Somme
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Author : Duncan Youel
language : en
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Release Date : 2006
The Somme written by Duncan Youel and has been published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Somme (France) categories.
"Journey to the frontline of the Somme and see how the battle unfolded, with archive images and film footage, maps of the key military aspects of the campaign, panoramas of the battlefields, and interviews from the Somme today. This unique book and DVD reveals the Somme as it was then, and explores the legacy of the battle today. A genealogical section is also included to help trace relatives who took part in this pivotal conflict of the Great War"--Page 4 of cover.
The Second Battle Of The Somme
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Author : Michelin Cie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-01-05
The Second Battle Of The Somme written by Michelin Cie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-05 with categories.
Michelin Illustrated Guides to the Battlefields (1914-1918)
Walking The Somme
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Author : Paul Reed
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2011-01-01
Walking The Somme written by Paul Reed and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-01 with History categories.
This new edition of Paul Reed's classic book Walking the Somme is an essential traveling companion for anyone visiting the Somme battlefields of 1916. His book, first published over ten years ago, is the result of a lifetime's research into the battle and the landscape over which it was fought. From Gommecourt, Serre, Beaumont-Hamel and Thiepval to Montauban, High Wood, Delville Wood and Flers, he guides the walker across the major sites associated with the fighting. These are now features of the peaceful Somme countryside. In total there are 16 walks, including a new one tracing the operations around Mametz Wood, and all the original walks have been fully revised and brought up to date. Walking the Somme brings the visitor not only to the places where the armies clashed but to the landscape of monuments, cemeteries and villages that make the Somme battlefield so moving to explore.