World War I battlefields : a travel guide to the Western Front : sites, museums, memorials
Ruler, John2014
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Total copies: 1
The only travel guide to cover both French and Belgian battlefield sites, including all the main memorials and museums as well as tips on booking the best tours and finding the resting place of lost family members. Published to coincide with the centenary of WWI. The First World War was one of the deadliest conflicts in human history and changed the face of foreign policy and European geography forever. Despite the wealth of literature on the subject Bradt's World War I Battlefields is the only compact practical travel guide to cover both French and Belgian battlefield sites. Produced in a lightweight and portable format, the guide will cover all the main memorials and museums alongside practical information on how to book the best guided tours or find the resting place of family members lost in battle. Published to correspond with the centenary of the War's outbreak the book covers an area that received 212,701 visitors in 2012 from the UK alone.
Main title:
World War I battlefields : a travel guide to the Western Front : sites, museums, memorials / John Ruler & Emma Thomson.
Author:
Ruler, John, authorThomson, Emma, 1982-, author
Edition:
Edition 1, 100-Year anniversary edition.
Imprint:
Chalfont St Peter, Bucks : Bradt Travel Guides Ltd, March 2014.
Collation:
vi, 90 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 22 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
CONTENTSPART ONE: GENERAL INFORMATIONIntroduction Chapter 1 Background information What is the Western Front? , Historical timeline Chapter 2 Practical information Getting there and away , Getting around , Tourist information , Battlefield tours , How to trace a missing relative PART TWO: BELGIUM Chapter 3 Ypres and Ypres Salient Ypres , Ypres Salient , Zonnebeke Chapter 4 Poperinge and Heuvelland Poperinge , Heuvelland , Mesen (Messines) , Chapter 5 Diksmuide, Veurne and Nieuwpoort Diksmuide , Veurne , Nieuwpoort Chapter 6 Mons Mons PART THREE: FRANCE Chapter 7 Le Nord and Lille Lille , Seclin , Armentieres , Fromelles , Cambrai , Ors , Le Quesnoy , Maubeuge/Feignies Chapter 8 Pas-de-Calais: Arras and Lens Arras , Around Arras , Around Lens , Escalles , Boulogne-sur-Mer , Etaples-sur-Mer , Montreuil-sur-Mer Chapter 9 The Somme Amiens , Peronne , Around Peronne , Albert , Around Albert , Doullens , Noyelles-sur-Mer , Cantigny Chapter 10 Aisne Laon , Around Laon , Chemin des Dames , Soissons , Saint-Quentin , Chateau-Thierry Chapter 11 Champagne region & Verdun Reims , Verdun Appendix 1: Further Reading Index
ISBN:
9781841624846 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.4144
Language:
English
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918 -- Battlefields -- France -- GuidebooksWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Battlefields -- Belgium -- GuidebooksWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments -- France -- GuidebooksWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments -- Belgium -- GuidebooksWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Museums -- France -- GuidebooksWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Museums -- Belgium -- GuidebooksFrance -- GuidebooksBelgium -- Guidebooks
BRN:
279674