Sanctuary Wood And Hooge Ypres

Author : Nigel Cave
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473817943
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sanctuary Wood & Hooge written by Nigel Cave and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1990-12-31 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both Sanctuary Wood and the village of Hodge saw intense fighting during the First World War. Nigel Cave takes the reader on an explanatory tour of the immediate area. Included is a description of the museum at Hill 62 with its trench system, stereoscopic photos and weapons.

Author : Nigel Cave
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1871647029
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Battleground Europe written by Nigel Cave and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1990-03-29 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the most important sites, primarily of the two world wars, covering both their history and descriptions of how they are today. For the interested traveller, the author groups key sites together, listing places offering accommodation, food, and detailing places of local interest.

Author : Paul Reed
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1526709422
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walking Ypres written by Paul Reed and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The medieval city of Ypres will forever be associated with the Great War, especially by the British. From 1914 to 1918 it was the key strong point in the northern sector of the Western Front, and the epic story of its defense has taken on almost legendary status. The city and the surrounding battlefields are also among the most visited sites on the Western Front, and Paul Reeds walking guide is an essential travellng companion for anyone who is eager to explore them either on foot, by bike or by car. His classic book, first published as Walking the Salient over ten years ago, is the result of a lifetimes research into the battles for Ypres and the Flemish landscape over which they were fought. He guides the walker to all the key locations Ypres itself, Yser, Sanctuary Wood, Bellewaarde Ridge, Zillebeke, Hill 60, Passchendaele, Messines, Kemmel and Ploegsteert are all covered. There are walks to notable sites behind the lines, around Poperinghe, Vlamertinghe and Brandhoek. And, for this second edition which he has revised, updated and expanded, he has provided new photographs and included two entirely new walks covering the Langemarck and Potijze areas. Walking Ypres brings the visitor not only to the places where the armies clashed but to the landscape of monuments, cemeteries and villages that make the Ypres battlefields among the most memorable sites of the Great War.

Author : Jon Cooksey
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783034041
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ypres written by Jon Cooksey and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battle Lines Ypres, the first volume in Pen & Swords 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, 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.

Author : Paul Reed
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 0850526175
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walking the Salient written by Paul Reed and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1998-01-12 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on from Walking on the Somme, Reed has produced this remarkable voyage around the Ypres Salient, which saw some of the most memorable campaigns of WW1. Illustrated throughout, this book gives an insight for visitors and armchair travellers.

Author : Jamie Vans
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473835070
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Veteran Volunteer written by Jamie Vans and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-05-31 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank Vans Agnew left America in 1914 and claiming to be 40 (rather than 46) enlisted in 2nd King Edward's Horse. He arrived in France in 1915 at Festubert and was given a commission. After attending the Machine Gun School he was at the Somme before volunteering for the Tank Corps. In 1917 he was wounded at Messines, where he won his MC. He demonstrated his tank for King George. He fought at 3rd Ypres and was wounded and captured at Cambrai in November 1917. Over the next 12 months he was held as a POW at Hanover, Karlsruhe, Heidelberg and Fstenberg.His extraordinary and varied experiences are superbly recorded in this memoir.As featured in Isle of Wight County Press and on BBC Radio Bristol.

Author : Jerry Murland
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473822580
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aisne 1914 written by Jerry Murland and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1914 Battle of the Aisne, officially from 12 15 September, came about as a result of the German retirement from the Battle of the Marne, which took place further south as the huge conscript armies of France and Germany jostled for position almost within sight of Paris. By the time the British arrived on the Aisne the battle line stretched some 150 miles from Noyon in the west to Verdun in the east and it was only along a tiny fifteen mile sector in the middle that the The British Expeditionary Force was engaged. However, it fought bitter engagements, which took place in difficult conditions and casualties were heavy. The Aisne fighting was the final attempt by the allies to follow through from the success of the Marne. It also marked the successful establishment by the Germans of a sound defensive line on this part of the front.As seen in 'Scale Military Modelling Monthly'.

Author : Trevor Pidgeon
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 0850526124
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boom Ravine written by Trevor Pidgeon and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1998-01-12 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The principal action that took place here in February 1917 was of short duration and failure but with fascinating overtones. This is the dramatic story of the events on the Somme after the great battle of 1916 ended and before the Germans withdrew to the Hindenburg Line. Its focus is on a ravine easily as impressive as that at Beaumont Hamel.

Author : Paul Williams
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473828376
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hitler's Atlantic Wall written by Paul Williams and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly informative book begins with an examination of the background to Germany's primary military objectives in relation to the western end of their self-styled 'Fortress Europe' including the early foundation of shore defences in northern France.In 1941, there was a switch in emphasis of the Atlantic Wall's role from attack to defence. Beach defences became more elaborate and the Nazi-controlled Todt Organisation began a massive building programme constructing new bunkers and reinforcing existing sites, using forced labour.Hitler appointed Rommel to formulate Germany's anti-invasion plans in early 1944. At the same time the Allies were making extensive studies of the fortifications and preparing for the challenge of overcoming this most formidable of obstacles.Using, in many cases, previously unpublished accounts of the soldiers on the ground this book follows Britain's 79th Armoured Division, Sir Percy Hobart's 'Funnies', as they utilised their unique weaponry in support of Allied efforts to ensure the success of the invasion. The author draws on British, American, Canadian and German sources.Hitler's Atlantic Wall Normandy also includes information on war cemeteries along with travel information and accommodation suggestions and a guide to the relevant museums.

Author : Paul Williams
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783030585
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hitler's Atlantic Wall: Normandy written by Paul Williams and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly informative book begins with an examination of the background to Germany's primary military objectives in relation to the western end of their self-styled 'Fortress Europe' including the early foundation of shore defences in northern France.??In 1941, there was a switch in emphasis of the Atlantic Wall's role from attack to defence. Beach defences became more elaborate and the Nazi-controlled Todt Organisation began a massive building programme constructing new bunkers and reinforcing existing sites, using forced labour.??Hitler appointed Rommel to formulate Germany's anti-invasion plans in early 1944. At the same time the Allies were making extensive studies of the fortifications and preparing for the challenge of overcoming this most formidable of obstacles.??Using, in many cases, previously unpublished accounts of the soldiers on the ground this book follows Britain's 79th Armoured Division, Sir Percy Hobart's 'Funnies', as they utilised their unique weaponry in support of Allied efforts to ensure the success of the invasion. The author draws on British, American, Canadian and German sources.??Hitler's Atlantic Wall – Normandy also includes information on war cemeteries along with travel information and accommodation suggestions and a guide to the relevant museums.