Covering the important WW1 Battles of Ypres, including the notorious Passchendaele, this guidebook takes readers on a historic trip through some of the well-known and most important sites of the area. This book, part of a new series of guides, is designed conveniently in a small size, for those who have only limited time to visit, or who are simply interested in as an introduction to the historic battlefields, whether on the ground or from an armchair. They contain selections from the Holts' more detailed guides of the most popular and accessible sites plus hand tourist information, capturing the essential features of the Battles. The book contains many full colour maps and photographs and detailed instructions on what to see and where to visit.

An accompaniment to the best-selling guide to the area, now sold separately.

This is the most complete guide to the First World War Battlefield of Ypres that has ever been published. Here are concise descriptions of the military elements of the battles woven into a kaleidoscope of human, literary and travel information. There are recommended, timed itineraries representing one day's travelling. Every stop on the route has an accompanying description and often a tale of heroic or tragic action. Memorials large and small, private and official, sites of memorable conflict, the resting places of personalities of note--they are all here and joined together by a sympathetic and understanding commentary that gives the reader a sensitivity towards the events of 1914-1918 that can only be matched by visiting the battlefield itself. This is a guide book written by people who because they have been directly involved in taking tours themselves, know the form and type of information that best serves the visitor to the battlefield.

The Somme is the epicentre for most people in the study of the First World War from a UK and Commonwealth perspective. Today the landscape and terrain are dedicated to the soldiers that fought and died there and Major and Mrs Holt's Pocket Guide to the Somme has been put together to take you around the area. This book, part of a new series of guides, is designed conveniently in a small size, for those who have only limited time to visit, or who are simply interested in as an introduction to the historic battlefields, whether on the ground or from an armchair. They contain selections from the Holts' more detailed guides of the most popular and accessible sites plus handy tourist information, capturing the essential features of the Battles. The book contains many full colour maps and photographs and detailed instructions on what to see and where to visit.

The Australian film Gallipoli brought worldwide fame to this tragic 1915 amphibious landing. British planners had hoped to outflank Germany's World War I Turkish ally by a landing on Turkey's Mediterranean coast. Turkish troops and their German advisers proved capable of containing the British, Australian and New Zealand troops near their beachheads, under almost continuous fire. After nearly a year of suffering, the Allied troops were withdrawn in a brilliant night operation.

Turkish authorities have made the Gallipoli beaches more accessible to visitors in recent years. Major and Mrs. Holt cover this tragic battlefield with all the remarkable detail familiar to readers of their books on the Somme, Ypres and Normandy. Numerous color photographs and maps divide the region up into a series of tours. As the "tours" progress, all actions, units and important individuals of the campaign are covered. The region's geographical features, local accommodations, gravesites, monuments and surviving traces of the campaign are all described and illustrated.

An accompaniment to the best-selling guide to the area, now sold separately.