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  • 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

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  • 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

  • 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

    $11.99 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

  • 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

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Underground War

    Vimy Ridge to Arras

    This is the first part of a planned four-volume series focusing on a hitherto largely neglected aspect of the Great War on the Western Front - the war underground. The subject has fascinated visitors to the battlefields from the very beginning of battlefield pilgrimages in the years immediately after the Armistice, and locations such as Hill 60 and the Grange Subway at Vimy have always been ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Directing the Tunnellers' War

    The Tunnelling Memoirs of Captain H Dixon MC RE

    A first-hand account of the underground work of the First World War—from the firing of mines to constructing subways to bureaucratic mishaps.With a background in mining and tunneling, Major H. R. Dixon was transferred to GHQ in Montreuil to handle mining plans and records. In due course he was appointed to a small group of Royal Engineers' officers who operated as the eyes and ears of the ... Read more

    $14.39 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

  • In Good Company

    The First World War Letters and Diaries of The Hon. William Fraser–Gordon Highlanders

    In Good Company is a graphic account by the Hon. William Fraser, Gordon Highlanders, of his service in the First World War. Several times wounded, he went to Flanders in 1914 with the 2nd Battalion and commanded successively a platoon, a company, a Territorial battalion and a Regular battalion, ending the war as a lieutenant-colonel of twenty-eight, having survived the battles of First, Second and ... Read more

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  • Ypres 1914: Messines

    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

    $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

  • 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