Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide to the Somme

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  • Author: Tonie Holt
  • Publisher: Leo Cooper
  • Catalogue: 56224
  • Size: 15x21cm
Arranged around four itineraries this is the definitive guide to the battlefields of the Somme. Each itinerary takes in war memorials, cemeteries and battle sites. History and anecdote are mixed with directions, photographs and maps. Two suggested approaches to the Somme area are detailed. Background information on war graves organisations and Picardy in general is included. The Guide is supplied with a fold out map showing the front lines, ground held and divisional and corps boundaries. Symbols show the locations of various Memorials, cemeteries, museums, craters, preserved trenches, bunkers, etc.