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Loading... Fatal Avenue: a Traveller's History of the Battlefields of Northern France and Flanders, 1346-1945by Richard Holmes
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A unique work, combining military history and travel, studying the most fought-over area on earth. De Gaulle called it a 'fatal avenue' - that broad sweep of low-lying country stretching north-east of Paris. Over the centuries, invading armies have swept back and forth over this bloody terrain, and the names of battles fought here read like a dictionary of military history - from Agincourt, Calais and Crecy to Verdun, Vimy and Ypres.Fatal Avenue is both a history and a guide - a unique study of a region that has witnessed more bitter military conflict than any other area of its size on earth. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)914.920473History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in Europe Other European Countries Netherlands Travel in the NetherlandsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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