"...a fairly quick but worthwhile read. In my mind it converted Gallipoli from a name in a long-ago war to a place in which people to whom I can relate fought and died. Formerly seeming unfathomably remote, I can now envision it as a site at which tourists can learn, appreciate, and pay homage."

Roads to the Great War, May 2022

The maps throughout the book, as we have come to expect in this series, are excellent. They include key overlays of the First Battle of Krithia Objectives, 28th April, alongside the Second and Third Battle of Krithia. Others include the Helles Evacuation... It isn’t a battlefield I have been to, nor no doubt so many who will read this book. But, there is no question that reading it will further inspire many to go.  This work will contribute to a greater understanding of the battlefield. 

Jon Sandison

"I would be glad to carry this guide when I am next at Gallipoli and it is recommended. For visitors and all those with an interest in the Gallipoli campaign."

David Barras - Western Front Association - Northumberland branch

You'll want to slip this paperback into your pocket, or have the Kindle version on your phone if you go to Gallipoli. This is a well-written, well-referenced and well-researched little cracker which will serve both as a handy guide and a good overview of a miserable campaign which Britain and her allies finally walked, or rather slunk, away from in December 1915.

This book is packed full of little anecdotes and quotes and is very readable; the photos and maps alone justifying the cover price. As they used to say in a well-known British advert, don't leave home without it.

5 stars

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Paul Nixon

This is a book I wish I had read before my trip to Gallipoli in 2019. Stephen Chambers does a good job of explaining the confused sets of actions that took place around this small place. Whilst I struggled to keep up with the many highly detailed descriptions, I enjoyed the many illustrative eye witness testimonies he has included. They are thoughtful used to highlight the struggles both sides faced during the campaign and actions around Krithia.

The guided tours described in the latter part of the book would make a great break and I hope to follow several of them when I am able to return to the peninsula.

Well illustrated with a range of good photos, not just the standard ones you come to expect in any book on Gallipoli. The photos do help to structure of the book and are frequent enough to break up what could be unending blocks of text.

One I’ll be taking with me on my next trip.

Western Front Association - Hampshire & Isle of Wight Branch

A great addition to the series and yet another one to fill your backpack when heading off to this memorable part of the world.

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The Long, Long Trail

This book like all the previous ones is written in a similar format in that we have the major events and battles in said campaign, then we have the major people involved achieving their awards followed by maps, charts and photographs and finally finishing with a number of walks that tour parts of the battlefields. I really like these books they are so informative and the stories and pictures are excellent and full of life and inspiration. My only disappointment is not being able to go out and visit these places but I think I will actually in the future because of these great books. These are great books and I would certainly recommend them to battlefield tour enthusiasts and those that just love reading their battle histories.

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UK Historian

The battleground series of guidebooks generally follow a well-established and proven template. This latest addition to the Gallipoli series is a well written example of the format. Long standing Gallipoli Guide, and GBG Member, Steve Chambers has collated a comprehensive selection of maps, photographs and historical accounts and produced an excellent guidebook. If you intend to visit the battlefields of the Dardanelles, the six walks at the rear of the book will be exceptionally useful. Highly recommended.

Guild of Battlefield Guides

For decades there can have been very few visitors to Gallipoli, in the days when foreign travel to more ‘exotic’ locations was the preserve of the wealthy, that is not now the case. For Australians and New Zealanders this is a pilgrimage. If you haven’t already been and are planning to visit, go with this book - and the others in the series- to maximise the experience.

Recommended.

Western Front Association

The latest in a series of new battleground books the Krihia guide is packed with information, maps, pictures and anecdotal accounts needed to support the wandering tourist, or the visiting military battlefield student. It is certainly good value for money whatever your level of interest.

Royal Anglian News - October 2021

"This title is a valuable addition to the Gallipoli aficionado’s bookshelf and one to keep in your rucksack when walking the battlefield!"

Martin Willoughby, Chairman of the Wessex Branch of the Western Front Association

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Britain at War September 2021

For anyone planning a post Covid battlefield tour the book is an essential purchase. Handy pocket sized and with an excellent Advice To Tourers Section which is up to date and full of helpful information.

One particularly good section is the information on the French contribution to Gallipoli which is sometimes underplayed by British writers.

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Army Rumour Service (ARRSE)