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  • Battleground Europe

    A Guide to Battlefields in France & Flanders

    by Nigel Cave ...
    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. ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beaumont Hamel

    Newfoundland Park

    by Nigel Cave ...
    Series series Battleground Somme
    Designed to act as a diversion to the 'big push', Gommecourt was an attempt to force the Germans to commit their reserves to the front line before the main battle took place. This Battlefield Guide tells the reader what happened and relates it to the ground as it now stands today. ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sanctuary Wood & Hooge

    Ypres

    by Nigel Cave ...
    Series series Battleground Europe
    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. ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vimy Ridge

    by Nigel Cave ...
    Series series Battleground Arras
    This volume covers the battlefields of Arras around Vimy Ridge dealing with the activities of the French and the British and the start of the Battle of Arras. Vimy Ridge gives a balanced view of the fighting by detailed descriptions of various units and individuals. ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ypres 1914: Langemarck

    Series series Battleground Early Battles 1914
    These three Battleground Europe books on Ypres 1914 mark the centenary of the final major battle of the 1914 campaign on the Western Front. Although fought over a relatively small area and short time span, the fighting was even more than usually chaotic and the stakes were extremely high. Authors Nigel Cave and Jack Sheldon combine their respective expertise to tell the story of the men British, ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Battle for Vimy Ridge, 1917

    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

    $9.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Flesquieres–Hindenburg Line

    Series series Battleground Europe
    The third in a trilogy of books, the others being Cambrai -The Right Hook and Bourlon Wood by the same authors covering the battle for Cambrai in November 1917. It covers the defense against the German counter strike, the defense of the Flesquieres Salient against the Kaiserschlact in March 1918 and its recapture in Sept/Oct 1918 all key elements in great Allied advance to victory. This book and ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Le Cateau

    Series series Battleground Early Battles 1914
    Le Cateau (26–27 August 1914) was the second major action fought by the BEF in the Great War. His men exhausted after fighting at Mons and by the subsequent speedy retreat, Lieutenant-General Horace Smith-Dorrien (commanding II Corps) decided that he had to make a stand in the vicinity of Le Cateau.There his men took on elements of four German corps in an action that succeeded in giving the BEF a ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hill 60

    by Nigel Cave ...
    Series series Battleground Ypres
    The shell-ravaged landscape of Hill 60, some three miles to the south east of Ypres, conceals beneath it a labyrinth of tunnels and underground workings. This small area saw horrendous fighting in the early years of the war as the British and Germans struggled to control its dominant view over Ypres. ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bourlon Wood

    Hindenburg Line

    In 1917 Bourlon Wood on the Western Front was the scene of fierce back-and-forth fighting between the British and the Germans, with British gains on at least one occasion thrown away by lack of proper follow-up. The Wood formed the left flank of the massive British tank attack at Cambrai, the first of its kind, on November 20, 1917. Bourlon Wood once again came into prominence in September 1918 ... Read more

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  • Polygon Wood

    by Nigel Cave ...
    Series series Battleground Ypres
    This wood featured significantly in the First and Third Battles of Ypres and was the scene of numerous deeds of heroism, such as that which won young Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Bent the VC. The courage of individuals and units from Britain and Australia is described in this latest edition to the series covering Ypres. ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Battle Book of Ypres

    A Reference to Military Operations in the Ypres Salient 1914–1918

    by Beatrix Brice ...
    Of the many hard-fought battles on the Western Front, Ypres stands out as an example of almost inhuman endeavour. For four long years it was the focal point of desperate fighting. Officially there were four main battles in 1914, 1915, 1917 and 1918; these were more accurately peaks in a continuing struggle, for Ypres symbolised Belgian defiance, and the British continued to expend disproportionate ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus