MAPPING THE FIRST WORLD WAR: The Great War through maps from 1914-1918 (Imperial War Museum)

Peter Chasseaud with The Imperial War Museum

ISBN 10: 0007522207 / ISBN 13: 9780007522200

Verlag: Collins, London, 2013

Beschreibung

This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in illustrated, laminated boards. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Follow the conflict of World War I from 1914-1918 through a unique collection of historical maps, expert commentary, and photographs More than 150 maps, some previously unpublished, are used here to demonstrate how World War I was fought around the world. Small scale maps show country boundaries and occupied territories, large-scale maps cover the key battles and offensives on all fronts of the war, and trench maps show detailed positions of the front line. Maps from newspapers are also included, as well as battle planning maps and propaganda. Key offensives covered include the Battles of the Marne and Ypres; Tannenberg and the Eastern Front; Verdun and the Somme; the Gallipoli Campaign; Battle of Jutland; the Advances to Jerusalem, Damascus, and Baghdad; Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele; and German 1918 offensives and Allied counter-offensives. Along with the maps, key historical events are described, giving an illustrated history of the war from an expert historian. Ref DFC 3.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: MAPPING THE FIRST WORLD WAR: The Great War through maps from 1914-1918 (Imperial War Museum)
• Verlag: Collins, London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0007522207
• ISBN-13: 9780007522200
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1st Edition
• Zustand: New
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New

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Inhaltsangabe

The Great war through maps from 1914 to 1918

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

A military historian who has applied his unrivalled expertise in the field of military maps. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the founder of the Historical Military Mapping Group of the British Cartographic Society, a member of the Defence Surveyors Association and the author of Mapping the First World War and of standard works on trench mapping and toponymy.