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  • av Paul Oldfield
    246,-

    In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the years numerous sources have been consulted. Victoria Crosses on the Western Front - The Final Advance in Picardy is designed for the battlefield visitor as much as the armchair reader. A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context. Detailed sketch maps show the area today, together with the battle-lines and movements of the combatants. It will allow visitors to stand upon the spot, or very close to, where each VC was won. Photographs of the battle sites richly illustrate the accounts. There is also a comprehensive biography for each recipient, covering every aspect of their lives warts and all parents and siblings, education, civilian employment, military career, wife and children, death and burial/commemoration. A host of other information, much of it published for the first time, reveals some fascinating characters, with numerous links to many famous people and events.

  • av Paul Oldfield
    274,-

    In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the years numerous sources have been consulted. _Victoria Crosses on the Western Front - The Final Advance in Flanders and Artois_ is designed for the battlefield visitor as much as the armchair reader. A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context. Detailed sketch maps show the area today, together with the battle-lines and movements of the combatants. It will allow visitors to stand upon the spot, or very close to, where each VC was won. Photographs of the battle sites richly illustrate the accounts. There is also a comprehensive biography for each recipient, covering every aspect of their lives, warts and all, parents and siblings, education, civilian employment, military career, wife and children, death and burial/commemoration. A host of other information, much of it published for the first time, reveals some fascinating characters, with numerous links to many famous people and events.

  • av Paul Oldfield
    232,-

    Offers a full explanation of the wider situation to set each VC action within the bigger picture. Comprehensive accounts of the VC actions and the recipients life stories. Detailed touring information. Richly illustrated with pictures and maps.

  • av Paul Oldfield
    1 167,-

    A study exploring the production of historical memory in the region of Puglia after it was subsumed by the new Kingdom of Sicily in 1130, assessing the significance of the apparent disappearance of traditional forms of Pugliese historical writing and analyzing the existence of other historical discourses embedded in surviving local documentation.

  • av Paul Oldfield
    294,-

    This book is designed for the battlefield visitor as much as the armchair reader. A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context.

  • av Paul Oldfield
    284,-

    In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the years numerous sources have been consulted.

  • - 26 August - 2 September 1918
    av Paul Oldfield
    294,-

    Offers a full explanation of the wider situation to set each VC action within the bigger picture.

  • - 21-27 August 1918
    av Paul Oldfield
    244,-

    Offers a full explanation of the wider situation to set each VC action within the bigger picture.

  • - 8-13 August 1918
    av Paul Oldfield
    274,-

    Offers a full explanation of the wider situation to set each VC action within the bigger picture.

  • - 24 March - 24 July 1918
    av Paul Oldfield
    519,-

    The seventh in a series of ten compelling books covering every army VC won on the Western Front.

  • - 20th November 1917 to 7th April 1918
    av Paul Oldfield
    394,-

    The sixth in a series of nine compelling books covering every VC on the Western Front.

  • av Paul Oldfield & Kathryn Hurlock
    346 - 1 170,-

    An examination into two of the most important activities undertaken by the Normans.

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