High Wood (Battleground Somme)
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (563 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1473834090 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This insightful publication will take the battlefield visitor, and also those who are unable to visit the site, on a journey through the history of the battles for High Wood and its environs. The book contains detailed maps from the time of the High Wood battles using the excellent British Trench maps and, importantly, an explanation on the use of the numbered grid system, which enables the visitor to locate, to within 5 yards, the site of an action that took place 100 years ago. Photographs are also included to enhance the visitor experience. This is the story of the largely amateur British Army of 1916. Bois de Fourcaux, a luxuriant woodland covering 75 acres, set in the area of the battlefields of the Somme, dominates the surrounding landscape today, as it did in the summer of the year 1916. Join us for the journey. Known to the British Army as ‘High Wood’, the invading Germans had occupied the wood as it proved to be a natural field fortification and a menace that had to be neutralized if the British were to find a way forward in their attempts to breach the trench systems of the German Army
Michael has produced two memorial books; Lander’s War (a memoir) and contributed to the publication of Matron at War, as well as two local history books for Knowle, Solihull, The Price a Parish Paid and The Further Price a Parish Paid. About the Author Michael made his journey to the Somme in 1977, with a ‘pioneer’ battlefield visitor who had begun his wanderings in 1960. From that point, High Wood exerted a magnetism that refused to be ignored. He now lives in Nottinghamshire and gained an MA in British World War One Studies in 2013.
. He now lives in Nottinghamshire and gained an MA in British World War One Studies in 2013. Michael made his journey to the Somme in 1977, with a ‘pioneer’ battlefield visitor who had begun his wanderings in 1960. From that point, High Wood exerted a magnetism that refused to be ignored. Michael has produced two memorial books; Lander’s War (a me