With people starting to travel back to the Western Front, it is clear that this book will be well utilised by many. These guides are accessible to all and bring the Western Front to you, inviting you to continually find out more.

Jon Sandison

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The best selling, exceptionally well detailed and superbly illustrated Holt’s series of Battlefield Guides needs little if any introduction to the vast majority of Family History Researchers, Battlefield Guides/Tourists, Military Historians and other “enthusiasts” who visit the battlefields of Europe and Gallipoli each year, as they are without a doubt the best “companions” anyone travelling to these fascinating areas can take with them.

The authors, Tonie and Valmai Holt, operated their first ever guided tour to the trenches and historical sites of France and Flanders in June 1977 and the growth in this interesting area of tourism over the years, can genuinely be attributed to the publication of the now World famous Major and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guides.

Each splendid volume in the series, which includes Ypres, The Somme, Gallipoli, Normandy Landings and Operation Market Garden, is packed full of fascinating information, where historical fact is coupled with informed opinion and together with the numerous full colour photographs, excellent maps and diagrams, together with details of war cemeteries and memorials, up to date tourist information and the easy to follow battlefield tour itineraries - provide the reader with just about everything they need to know for a successful tour of their chosen area.

This latest 368 page publication actually includes no less than 400 excellent quality full colour photographs and covers events from the First Battle of the Marne through to the breaking of the Hindenburg Line and the Battle of Cambrai. With its companion volume "The Western Front - North", the whole length of the Western Front is now covered in splendid detail, enabling the reader to fully understand and appreciate the significance and importance of the events and actions in this area during the Great War, making it an invaluable addition to any library or bookshelf.

Roll of Honour, Michael D. Booker