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Major and Mrs. Holt's Concise Guide to the Western Front - North (Holts Battlefield Guides) [Illustrated] (Paperback)

by Tonie Holt (Author), Valmai Holt (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd; illustrated edition edition (6 Jun 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0850529336
  • ISBN-13: 978-0850529333
  • Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 115,974 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Mons; Le Cateau; 1st Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, 2nd Ypres; Loos; Aisne/Chemin des Dames; Verdun, The Somme, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele; Cambrai; Kaiser's Offensive; St Mihiel/Meuse-Argonne; Hindenburg Line Following in the Holts' series of five best-selling Battlefield Guides comes this Guide to 15 of the First World War's most significant battles of the Western Front. Whether travelling on the ground or in the mind the reader is carefully and concisely guided through the Western Front with a mixture of succinct military history, cameo memories, poetry and informed opinion - as well as careful travel directions. Each battlefield has a brief Summary of the Battle, the Opening Moves, a description of What Happened and a Battlefield Tour of the most salient features, accompanied by a sketch map and photographs of the battlefield today. There are sections on Tourist Information and War Graves Organisations and a sketch map on the end papers puts the battlefields in Perspective.

This book continues Major & Mrs Holt's the tradition of high quality historical research and familiarity with the battlefields and the regions of France and It consists of 256 pages, with each battle having 3 pages of Historical Introduction, 8 pages of Battlefield Touring, a Sketch Map with Spot colour and 2 pages of full colour pictures the whole is preceded by an introduction and followed by a comprehensive index.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bound to become a standard work, 7 Aug 2004
By Chris Baker "The Long, Long Trail man" (Leamington Spa, UK) - See all my reviews
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My own first faltering steps at making tours of the battlefields of the Great War were taken with a copy of Rose Coombs seminal work, "Before Endeavours Fade". At the time, it was just about the only battlefield tour guide and with revisions it has deservedly managed to retain its popularity for amateur battlefield tourists to this day. In recent years, the Battleground Europe series has added hugely to the availability of simple but highly informative pocket sized guides that allow one to progress from the first visit, to detailed studies of particular actions and locations, and even extended walks across fields full of significance. Tonie and Valmia Holt have already published a fine series of guides to the Ypres, Somme and other areas, so I must admit on first hearing of this book to questioning whether another guide book was really necessary. I am glad to say that I believe "The Western Front - North" is a good and worthwhile book, sure to find an important place in the market.

The book does not set out to give the visitor a step-by-step "turn left here, turn right there" route around the battle sites, but instead provides clear maps of a given area, and goes on to describe the key locations, providing some splendid photographs of each. The visitor can easily construct their own itinerary from the riches shown.

The guide does not take us out into the fields and woods to get a feel of the ground, but focuses sharply on the lasting visible legacies - cemeteries, memorials, museums, bunkers, and so on. As such, the utility of the book for the seasoned battlefield tourist would probably be rather limited, but for the fact that it covers some of the lesser known battlefields of northern France and Flanders. Not too many go beyond Ypres and the Somme; this book takes us into Loos, Aubers, Vimy Ridge, Arras and other places of memory. For the first-timer, I can think of no better presentation of the main sites.

There are some surprises. The 1915 battlefields of Artois - hugely important for the French army - receive very little coverage, for example. But this is balanced by an excellent section of the little understood area of the River Yser, the calvary of the Balgian army for so long during the war.

The list of sites mentioned is bang up to date, with recent discoveries and developments being covered. Inevitably such a work is out of date almost as soon as published, but I have no doubt that things will be kept fresh with sucessive reprints, as this book is bound to become a standard work on the subject.

The maps, photographs and text are models of clarity, and I could find no obvious errors or omissions of historical fact. Then again, with the Holt's having been at the forefront of commercialising battlefield tourism for many years, I would have been surprised had I found any.

The book is nicely produced, and at £14.99 (cover price) respresents good value. No doubt that after a couple of good trips it would become grubby and dog-eared, but my copy was pretty robust and unlikely to fall to bits on the windswept Flanders Plain.

Overall, a good buy for armchair tourists, first timers and tour veterans alike.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Written by experts!, 14 Jan 2007
By Michael David Booker FRGS FRSA F Inst TT "Mem... (France and Egypt) - See all my reviews
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Battlefield touring has increased beyond all expectations in the quarter of a century since Toni and Valmai Holt operated their first ever guided tour to the trenches and historical sites of France and Flanders in June 1977. Much of the growth in interest over the years can be attributed to the publication of the now famous Major and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guides - the best selling, exceptionally detailed and superbly illustrated books, that anyone studying, or touring the battlefields, should not be without!

Each splendid volume includes a great deal of fascinating information, where historical fact is coupled with informed opinion . Full colour photographs, excellent maps and diagrams together with details of war cemeteries and memorials and useful tourist information (how to get there, where to stay and places to eat etc.) is included. With the easy to follow battlefield tour itineraries also featured, the reader is guided around the battlefields, through the countryside as well as villages, towns and cities, that are linked with battles and major actions of either the Great or Second World Wars.

This latest publication and its companion volume "The Western Front - South", are valuable additions to the existing titles in the series, which includes Ypres, The Somme, Gallipoli, Normandy Landings and Operation Market Garden. Much up to date information has been added, especially up dated maps together with information on recent developments, where new sites of historical significance have been found.

For the family history researcher, battlefield tourist, military historian, battlefield guide, student of military history or armchair enthusiast, this book certainly represents excellent value for money!


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5.0 out of 5 stars The Western Front South, 9 Jul 2009
By Mrs. J. H. Davies "Jackie Davies" (Spain) - See all my reviews
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Very well written and a must for anyone wanting to visit this time in history.
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