Sunday 5 November 2023

Bradt’s World War I Battlefields

World War I Battlefields: A Travel Guide to the Western Front by Emma Thomson and John Ruler will be published by Bradt Guides in paperback on 10 November 2023.

Just over a century since the end of World War I, interest in battlefield tourism continues to grow, especially on the Western Front in France and Belgium. 

The updated 3rd edition of Bradt’s World War I Battlefields remains the only compact practical travel guide to cover French and Belgian battlefield sites.

The 2014-18 centenary of the First World War saw a huge surge in interest in visiting the battlefield sites and the introduction of new museums, memorials, commemorative trails and statues. 

This update provides comprehensive coverage and includes further new content reflecting the global nature of the Great War. 

It includes : 
  • information on the contributions made to the Allied war effort by Black, Indian and Caribbean soldiers
  •  the Sir John Monash Centre in northern France, which explores Australian solders’ Western Front experiences in both countries, and 
  • fully updated maps and advice on how to trace relatives who served in battle. The pocket-friendly guidebook covers all the main sites, memorials and museums of the entire Western Front alongside practical information. 

D-Day Landings 

Bradt will publish D-Day Landings: a travel guide to Normandy's Beaches and Battlegrounds, by Mary Anne Evans and Alistair McKenzie, in March 2024. 

Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the military mission that changed World War II, it will be a new guidebook to visiting beaches, memorials, museums and battlefields associated with D-Day and the Battle of Normandy (Operation Overlord). 

Bradt Guides 

Bradt Guides, the largest independently owned travel publisher in the UK and US, has guides to over 150 destinations. 

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