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Walking the Somme : a Walker's guide to the 1916 Somme battlefields / Paul Reed.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reed, Paul, 1967- author.
- Series:
- Battleground Europe.
- Battleground Europe
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--France--Somme.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--France--Somme--Guidebooks.
- Somme (France)--History, Military--20th century.
- Somme (France).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (411 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This new edition of Paul Reed's classic book Walking the Somme is an essential traveling companion for anyone visiting the Somme battlefields of 1916. His book, first published over ten years ago, is the result of a lifetime's research into the battle and the landscape over which it was fought. From Gommecourt, Serre, Beaumont-Hamel and Thiepval to Montauban, High Wood, Delville Wood and Flers, he guides the walker across the major sites associated with the fighting. These are now features of the peaceful Somme countryside. In total there are 16 walks, including a new one tracing the operation
- Contents:
- ""Guillemont Road""""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-78337-667-8
- OCLC:
- 854975007
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