Battle Lines
Ypres
Published on 19. March 2013
240 pages
978-1-78303-404-8 (ISBN)
Description
Battle Lines Ypres, the first volume in Pen & Swords new series of walking, cycling and driving guides to the Western Front, is the essential companion for every visitor to the Ypres Salient and the battlefields of Belgium. Many of the most famous - and most memorable - Great War sites are featured here. Expert guides Jon Cooksey and Jerry Murland take visitors over a series of routes that can be walked, biked, or driven, explaining the fighting that occurred in each place in vivid detail. They describe what happened, where it happened, and why, and who was involved, and point out the sights that remain there for the visitor to see. Their accounts give a fascinating insight into the landscape of the front line and the acts of war that took place there a century ago.
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Jon Cooksey | Jerry Murland
Battle Lines: Ypres - Nieuwpoort to Ploegsteert
Nieuwpoort to Ploegsteert
Book
04/2013
Pen & Sword Military
€24.00
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Person
Jon Cooksey is a leading military historian who takes a special interest in the history of the world wars. He is the editor of Stand To!, the journal of the Western Front Association, and he is an experienced battlefield guide. His books include The Barnsley Pals, Calais, Harrys War and, as editor, Blood and Iron.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- HISTORICAL CONTEXT
- VISITING THE WESTERN FRONT IN BELGIUM
- Route 1 - Ijzer Front Car Tour
- Route 2 - Oud-Stu iveskenskerke and Trenches of Death
- Route 3 - Houthulst Forest
- Route 4 - Langemark Area Car Tour
- Route 5 - Langemark Central
- Route 6 - Pilkem Ridge
- Route 7 - Kitchener's Wood
- Route 8 - Frezenberg Ridge
- Route 9 - Polygon Wood
- Route 10 - Passendale
- Route 11 - Gel uveld and Zandvoorde
- Route 12 - Bellewaarde Ridge and Hooge
- Route 13 - Sanctuary Wood and Hill 62
- Route 14 - Zillebeke and the Aristocrats' Cemetery
- Route 15 - Caterpillar Crater and the Bluff
- Route 16 - leper South
- Route 17 - leper Town and Ramparts
- Route 18 - A Day in the Salient Car Tour
- Route 19 - Messines Ridge - Wijtschate
- Route 20 - Messines Ridge - Craters and Mines
- Route 21 - Messines Ridge - The Peace Park
- Route 22 - Kemmel Area Car Tour
- Route 23 - Kemmelberg
- Route 24 - Loker
- Route 25 - Ploegsteert Wood and Hill 63
- Appendix 1 - Museums and CWGC Cemeteries
- Appendix 2 - Where to Find VC Winners
- Appendix 3 - Demarcation Stones
- Further Reading
- Index
