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Bell, Graham. Yorkshire Battlefields: A Guide to the Great Conflicts on Yorkshire Soil 937-1461. Wharncliffe Books (UK) 2001/Casemate (US) 2002 [This is a nicely-illustrated guide to the battles that bloodied Yorkshire soil. It also features a short tour guide to the battlefields and other military attractions for those who get a chance to visit the region. The area is best known for the Wars of the Roses, and the most famous battles would be that at Wakefield (1460) and Towton (1461).]

Evans, Martin Marix, Peter Burton & Michael Westaway. Naseby: English Civil War -- June 1645. [Battleground Britain 1642-1651 Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate (US) 2002 [This book provides a solid discussion of the battle that doomed the Royalist cause in the English Civil War -- Naseby. It begins with a discussion of the war, the armies, and the terrain. It covers the campaign, and the battle in some detail. The authors feature an extensive discussion for the visitor. For the campaign, a car tour is suggested, for the battle a walking tour is provided. As with other books in the Battleground Series, the text is bolstered with excellent period and contemporary illustrations and maps, and present-day photographs that are marked so as to make troop movements and terrain features quite clear.]

Paget, Julian & Derek Saunders. Waterloo: Hougoumont: The Key to Victory. [Battleground Napoleonic] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate (US) 2001 [Part of the valuable Battleground Series, this book provides a detailed account of the battle for the château that proved decisive in maintaining the Allied right flank at Waterloo. The book has many contemporaneous and modern pictures and maps. And as with other books in the series, the authors provide a tour for the battlefield visitor. Four appendices and an index round out this book that was first published in 1992.]

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Knight, Ian & Ian Castle. Zulu War: Isandlwana. [Battleground South Africa Series] Pen & Sword Books (UK) 2000/Casemate Publ. (US) 2001 [This book is part of Pen & Sword's wonderful Battleground Series. Books in this series do two things very well. First, they give a great introduction to a battle (or portion of battle) with adequate text describing the battle and putting it in its larger context. A good selection of illustrations and plenty of clear maps support the text. Secondly, these books are meant to be taken by the visitor to the battlefield. Text tells one how to get to and tour the battlefield and photos are marked with troop movements and the identity of notable landmarks. The books also come with bibliographies and indices.]

Knight, Ian & Ian Castle. Zulu War: Rorke's Drift. [Battleground South Africa Series] Pen & Sword Books (UK) 2000/Casemate Publ. (US) 2001 [For a description, see the Isandlwana book above.]

Childs, Lewis. Ladysmith: The Siege. [Battleground South Africa Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate (US) 1999 [This book is a nicely-illustrated history of the four-month siege of the British in and around the Natal town by the Boers (November 1899-February 1900). As with other books in this series, it is well geared to the battlefield visitor.]

Turner, William. Accrington Pals Trail: Home and Overseas. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1998 [A guide book that records the words and deeds of the Accrington Pals, i.e., the men of the 11th Service Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment. This nicely illustrated work will take the traveler to the sites of of their service (including battlefields) in England, France and Egypt, plus the locations of cemeteries and monuments.]

Keech, Graham. Arras: Bullecourt. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1999 [Bullecourt was a small village in the middle of the Fifth Army's disasterous efforts to aid the Third Army during the Battle of Arras in April and May 1917. It is remembered for the high casualties suffered by the four Australian divisions (3,000 and 7,000 casualties in the first and second battles, respectively), although the three British divisions involved at Bullecourt were also hammered. It also showed the limitations in the use of tanks. Numerous photographs and thirty-four maps support the text and suggested tours.]

Tallett, Kyle & Trevor Tasker. Arras: Gavrelle. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 2000 [This book is a great guide to the overlooked battles (1917 and 1918) in and around the French village of Gavrelle, a small village to the south of the famous Vimy Ridge. It was also the site where the unusual British formation, the 63nd Division, better known as the Royal Naval Division, was engaged in heavy combat. A car tour and three walking tours are provided along with 48 maps. The authors offer a chapter on the Arras area after the war and what happened there during WW II. There is even a brief history of the Royal Naval Division, which was so badly bloodied at Gallipoli, that combined with the losses at Gavrelle, the original unit was virtually destroyed (over the course of the war they took 45,000 casualties!).]

Fox, Colin. Arras: Monchy le Preux. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 2000 [This book is a great guide to the battles (1917 and 1918) in and around Monchy, a small village to the east of Arras. Information on driving to, and walking around, the battlefields is included.]

Cave, Nigel. Arras: Vimy Ridge. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1996 [This book is a well-illustrated battlefield guide to Vimy Ridge, especially as it related to the British Army. Thirty maps will prove invaluable to the traveller on foot and by car.]

Mitchinson, K.W. Hindenburg Line: Epehy. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK) 1998/Casemate Publ. (US) 1999

Mitchinson, K.W. Hindenburg Line: Riqueval. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK) 1998/Casemate Publ. (US) 1999

McPhail, Helen & Philip Guest. Hindenburg Line: Saint Quentin. [Battleground Europe Series] Pen & Sword Books (UK) 2000/Casemate Publ. (US) 2001 [This book is part of Pen & Sword's wonderful Battleground Series. Books in this series do two things very well. First, they give a great introduction to a battle (or portion of battle) with adequate text describing the battle and putting it in its larger context. A good selection of illustrations and plenty of clear maps support the text. Secondly, these books are meant to be taken by the visitor to the battlefield. Text tells one how to get to and tour the battlefield and photos are marked with troop movements and the identity of notable landmarks. The books also come with bibliographies and indices.]

Mitchinson, K.W. Hindenburg Line: Villers-Plouich. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1999 [The Villers-Plouich area saw action as part of the British right hook at the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917 traversed it, and later in September 1918 it was the site of bitter fighting in the British drive towards the Canal du Nord. The author suggests five tour routes through the area.]

MacKay, Francis. Italy: Asiago. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 2001 [This is the first of the Battleground Europe series to cover the Italian front in World War One. It offers a history and tour guide to the "Battle in the Woods and the Clouds" -- 15-16 June, 1918 (which in turn was part of the larger battle of Piave). This book is primarily from the British perspective (British, French, US, Czech, and other Allied troops were rushed to Italy to prevent Italy's collapse in the face of determined Austro-Hungarian attacks supported by German forces). Good maps and photos support the text, and MacKay provides four car, and two walking, tours.]

Reed, Paul. Walking the Somme. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1997 [This book introduces the Somme series and covers the area of the 1916 battles from Gommecourt in the north, the Butte de Warlencourt in the east, and Montauban in the south. It features 15 walking tours for the interested traveller, they range in duration from two to five hours.]

Stedman, Michael. Somme: Advance to Victory 1918. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 2001 [In this well-illustrated history and tour book, Stedman covers the August-September 1918 time frame as British forces north of the Somme begin an offensive that will take them over the old Somme battlefields. Stedman offers one bicycle, two auto, and four walking tours of the battlefields.]

Hancock, Edward. Somme: Bazentin Ridge. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 2001 [This is another in the useful tour books for World War I battlefields. It covers a portion of the great battle on the Somme begun on 1 July 1916. Bazentin Ridge was the site of a British assault on the German lines running from 14-17 July. The usual mix of personal accounts, numerous photographs, and maps (thirteen in this volume) round out the author's history of the battle. Hancock includes a driving tour and a walking tour of the battlefield.]

Cave, Nigel. Somme: Beaumont Hamel-Newfoundland Park. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1994 [Compared to other battlefield sites, this part of the Somme saw just a few pitched battles and a relatively short period of trench warfare during the July 1916 battle. It is now the most visited area of the Somme as it has the best trench park on the Western Front. This is due to the purchase of eighty acres by the Newfoundland government to perpetuate the memory of the devastated battalion of the (then) Newfoundland Regiment (1 July, 1916). Useful photos and fifteen maps support the text and the suggested car and walking tours.]

Cave, Nigel. Somme: Delville Wood. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1999 [This well-illustrated guide is of use to both the battlefield visitor and the WW I historian.]

Stedman, Michael. Somme: Fricourt-Mametz. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK) 1997/Casemate Publ. (US) 1998 [This guide covers the battles in this area of the Somme in 1916 and 1918. It has 23 maps which support the text. Part of the text is a car/bicycle tour for the 1916 battles and one for those in 1918, and five walks for the 1916 fighting.]

Cave, Nigel. Somme: Gommecourt. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1998 [This well-illustrated guide is of use to both the battlefield visitor and the WW I historian. It contains 16 maps and both auto and walking tours of the battlefield.]

Renshaw, Michael. Somme: Mametz Wood. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1999 [This well-illustrated guide is of use to both the battlefield visitor and the WW I historian.]

Keech, Graham. Somme: Pozières. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1998

Horsfall, Jack & Nigel Cave. Somme: Serre. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1996 [This book is a well-illustrated battlefield guide to the Serre village area of the Somme. It features 15 maps which support the book's three walking -- and two driving -- tours .]

Stedman, Michael. Somme: Thiepval. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1995 [This book is a well-illustrated battlefield guide to Thiepval village portion of the Somme campaign. It features 25 maps which will nicely steer those travelling on foot and/or by car.]

O'Connor, Mike. Ypres: Airfields and Airmen. [Battleground Europe Series] Pen & Sword Books (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 2001 [This book is part of Pen & Sword's wonderful Battleground Series. Books in this series do two things very well. First, they give a great introduction to a battle (or portion of battle) with adequate text describing the battle and putting it in its larger context. A good selection of illustrations and plenty of clear maps support the text. Secondly, these books are meant to be taken by the visitor to the battlefield. Text tells one how to get to and tour the battlefield and photos are marked with troop movements and the identity of notable landmarks. The books also come with bibliographies and indices.]

Cave, Nigel. Ypres: Hill 60. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1998 [As a dominating feature in the Ypres area, Hill 60 was fiercely contested at various times (and held by both sides) from December 1914 to September 1918. Cave covers the key battles for Hill 60, described "as an area no bigger than the centre of Trafalger Square," in a manner most useful to historians and visitors to the battlefields. He suggests a tour that can be done in a series of short hops in the car or a long walk.]

Oldham, Peter. Ypres: Messines Ridge-Messines, Wytschaete, St. Eloi. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1998 [Messines Ridge and its three villages -- Messines, Wytschaete and St. Eloi -- were the scene of fighting every year from late October 1914 through the end of September 1918. Although best known for the 1917 Battle of Messine, known to its planners as "Magnum Opus," Oldham does give attention to action throughout the four years. Good, clear maps, and a nice selection of photographs support the text and make the book useful for both historians and travelers.]

Cave, Nigel. Ypres: Passchendaele: The Fight for the Village. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1997 [This book covers the Third Battle so Ypres, better known as Passchendaele. Here Cave chronicles the October-November 1917 battle, primarily from the New Zealand and Canadian perspective (but with a chapter from the German perspective). Passchendaele was finally taken by the Allies at a terrific cost (especially for the Canadians, well over 15,000 casualties), but quickly fell in the German Lys offensive of April 1918 causing extensive Canadian recriminations. Cave provides numerous photos and thirteen maps to support his history, and one car and four walking tours.]

Cave, Nigel. Ypres: Polygon Wood. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1999 [This book is a guide to the battles of Polygon Wood and its surroundings in late September and early October 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres. Useful maps and illustrations supplement the text. The author provides one walking and two combination walking/driving tours of the battlefields.]

Cave, Nigel. Ypres: Sanctuary Wood and Hooge. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1995 [This book covers the terrible fighting that took place in the Sanctuary Wood and Hooge area during June-September, 1915, June 19161, and the Zillebeke Raid of June 1918. It was here that mines, gas, and, flamethrowers were inroduced early on. The book was originally published in 1993, but updated in 1995.]

Keech, Graham. Ypres: St. Julian. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 2001 [This book is a history and tour guide of the first two (of four) parts of the Second Battle of Ypres. It covers the Gravenstafel (22-23 April, 1915) and St. Julien (24 April-4 May, 1915) portions of the battle. The battle witnessed the introduction of gas warfare in World War I. Good photos and illustrations and twenty maps round out the author's text. He offers the traveller two road tours (one to the eastern and one to the western portions of the battlefield), plus two walking tours.]

Cavanaugh, William C. C. A Tour of the Bulge Battlefield. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate (US) 2001 [This book is a special edition in the highly respected Battleground Europe Series. Instead of breaking the Ardennes Campaign into multiple small books, this work provides broad coverage of the campaign as a whole in 250 pages. It breaks the campaign into six geographic parts with a tour for each. As with other books in the series, it is a good history featuring numerous compelling stories by the particpants, plenty of contemporaneous pictures, useful maps, and clear travel instructions. One appendix has a helpfulfourteen-page chronology of the battle, another provides the citations of the eighten Medals of Honor won during the Bulge operations.]

Tolhurst, Michael. Battle of the Bulge: St. Vith: US 106th Infantry Division. [John Kline, foreword; Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1999 [This guide book covers the actions of the 106th Infantry Division during the fight for St. Vith using extensive accounts by the veterans supplemented with numerous photographs. The book concludes with detailed travel instructions for the battlefield tourist.]

Cooksey, Jon. Channel Ports: Calais: A Fight to the Finish - May 1940. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 2000 [A well-illustrated history of the British defense of the port city of Calais during the German offensive of 1940. The book provides detailed touring instructions for those wishing to explore the sites associated with the fierce battle.]

Forty, George. German Occupation: Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate (US) 2002 [This is an account of the little known occupation of the British isles off the northwest coast of France that were occupied by the Germans from 1940 until the end of the war. It was the first time an invader had landed since 1461. Hitler became obsessed with the islands, thinking they would be a postwar holiday health resort, and part of his Atlantic Wall defenses. Much to his generals dismay, the largest German infantry division was sent to garrison the isles. Along with many good photographs and maps, this book explains what occupation was like for conqueror and conquered. Forty also chronicles the British commando raids against the German forces and facilities. Finally, he provides valuable information for the tourist as regards what to see and where to see it.]

Dunphie, Christopher & Garry Johnson. Gold Beach: Inland From King. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1999 [This well-illustrated guide is of use to both the Normandy battlefield visitor and the D-Day historian. This battlefield is not as well known as Omaha, but there was plenty of fierce action, e.g., the stunning attack of German tank ace Michael Wittmann at Villers-Bocage which earned him the Cross Swords to the Knights Cross (the assault is fully chronicled in this book).]

Saunders, Tim. Normandy: Gold Beach - Jig: Jig Sector and West -- June 1944. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate (US) 2002 [This book does two things well. It provides an account of the 231 Brigade, which along with the 47 Commando Royal Marines, had to breach the German Atlantic Wall, move three miles inland to grab key objectives and then drive ten miles west to link up with American forces that had landed at Omaha Beach. It also provides the visitor to the battlefield with a tour, a long one for those with some form of transport, or an abbreviated six-mile trek for those on foot. As with other books in this series, the book is well illustrated with present-day and period maps and photographs.]

Saunders, Tim. Normandy: Hill 112: Battles of the Odon-1944. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 2001 [This guide covers the fighting between the British and Germans that occurred with the launch of Operation Jupiter. This operation for Hill 112, which lies between the Odon and Orne Rivers took place during July 1944 in between Operation Epsom and Operation Goodwood. Appropriately marked photos and maps and tour instructions make this a great guide to the battles for Hill 112.]

Kilvert-Jones, Tim. Normandy: Omaha Beach: V Corps Battle for the Beachhead. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1999 [Another in the fine series of well-illustrated guides. It is of use to both the Normandy battlefield visitor and the D-Day historian.]

Shilleto, Carl. Normandy: Pegasus Bridge & Merville Battery: British 6th Airborne Division Landings in Normandy, D-Day, 6th June 1944. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1999 [Another in the fine series of well-illustrated guides. This 208-page book has a walking tour of the Pegasus Bridge battle area, and one for the battlefield with the Merville Battery. There are also several auto tours.]

Kilvert-Jones, Tim. Normandy: Sword Beach: British 3rd Infantry Division/27th Armoured Brigade. [Battleground Europe Series; LGen. Sir Michael Jackson, foreword] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 2001 [Kilvert-Jones covers the action at Sword Beach and the drive for Caen. Sword was primarily the responsibilty of the 3rd Division -- 27 Armoured and 1 (Special Service) Brigade were placed under its command for the assault phase. The author provides useful background info on preparation for the landing, from both the Allied and German perspectives. As with other books in the series, there are numerous good photographs, and Kilvert-Jones sets out clear tour routes for the historian and buff to use in exploring the battle for Normandy.]

Shilleto, Carl. Normandy: Utah Beach/St Mère Église: VII Corps, 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 2001 [This book is a very useful guide for the historian and the tourist to the VII Corps area of operations at Utah Beach and the airborne operations to the south and west of the beach. It has many fine photographs and useful maps, plus a well-organized forty-five mile tour of the area. Shilleto provides background to the assault, including a chapter on the Operation Tiger disaster (Slapton Sands). Seven appendices provide all manner of useful information (Allied and German orders of battle, American and German cemetaries, casualty figures, museums, and more).]

Saunders, Tim. Operation Market Garden: Hell's Highway: U.S. 101st Airborne and Guards Armoured Division. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 2001 [This book is the first of three in the Battleground Europe Series to cover Montgomery's failed gamble to cross the Rhine. It has a background chapter to Operation Market Garden, but primarily focuses on the action starting with the Irish Guards seizing the Joe's Bridge, followed by the operations of the 101st Airborne and British XXX Corps up through the Veghel Bridge. With good maps, and clearly marked photos showing unit locations and movements, this book is useful to the historian. As with other works in the series, it is nicely laid out for the visitor to the battle sites.]

Saunders, Tim. Operation Market Garden: Nijmegen: U.S. 82nd Airborne and Guards Armoured Division. [Battleground Europe Series] Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 2001 [This book is the second of three in the Battleground Europe Series to cover Montgomery's failed gamble to cross the Rhine. It has a background chapter to Operation Market Garden, but primarily focuses on the battles of the 82nd Airborne and the Grenadier Guards to capture the Maas/Waal bridges and to hold the Groesbeek Heights. A good book for the military historian, plus it has useful directions and other information for the tourist.]

Waddy, John. A Tour of the Arnhem Battlefields. Leo Cooper (UK)/Casemate Publ. (US) 1999 [This is a guide book for the visitor to the site of the battle fought for the Dutch town and its bridge over the lower Rhine.]

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