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Walking Verdun
Christina Holstein
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Description for Walking Verdun
Paperback. A walking tour of all the key points of the Verdun battlefield, featuring the most famous surviving sights, including the Forts at Douaumont, Vaux and Souville, the Mort Homme ridge and Verdun itself. Also included are the monuments, cemeteries and abandoned villages. Num Pages: 176 pages, 100 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
On 21 February 1916 the German Fifth Army launched a devastating offensive against French forces at Verdun and set in motion one of the most harrowing and prolonged battles of the Great War. By the time the struggle finished ten months later, over 650,000 men had been killed or wounded or were missing, and the terrible memory of the battle had been etched into the histories of France and Germany. This epic trial of military and national strength cannot be properly understood without visiting, and walking, the battlefield, and this is the purpose of Christina Holstein's invaluable guide. In a ... Read more
On 21 February 1916 the German Fifth Army launched a devastating offensive against French forces at Verdun and set in motion one of the most harrowing and prolonged battles of the Great War. By the time the struggle finished ten months later, over 650,000 men had been killed or wounded or were missing, and the terrible memory of the battle had been etched into the histories of France and Germany. This epic trial of military and national strength cannot be properly understood without visiting, and walking, the battlefield, and this is the purpose of Christina Holstein's invaluable guide. In a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844158676
SKU
V9781844158676
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About Christina Holstein
Christina Holstein is a knowledgeable military history author who has wrote a number of Battleground books.
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