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Reading list: touring World War I battlefields by bicycle
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The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 by Sir Alistair Horne
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An amazing and very depressing book.
MAJOR AND MRS HOLT'S CONCISE GUIDE  WESTERN FRONT SOUTH (Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guides)MAJOR AND MRS HOLT'S CONCISE GUIDE WESTERN FRONT SOUTH (Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guides) by Major Holt
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MAJOR AND MRS. HOLT'S CONCISE GUIDE WESTERN FRONT - NORTH: Mons, le Cateau, Notre Dame de Lorette, First Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge, Festubert, ... Fourth Ypres. (Holts Battlefield Guides)MAJOR AND MRS. HOLT'S CONCISE GUIDE WESTERN FRONT - NORTH: Mons, le Cateau, Notre Dame de Lorette, First Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge, Festubert, ... Fourth Ypres. (Holts Battlefield Guides) by Major Holt
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With a Machine Gun to Cambrai (Cassell Military Paperbacks)With a Machine Gun to Cambrai (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by George Coppard
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Excellent soldier's-eye view ofo the war.
Before Endeavours Fade - a Guide to the Battlefields of the First World WarBefore Endeavours Fade - a Guide to the Battlefields of the First World War by Rose E. B. MBE Coombs
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Maps/tours.
The West Point Atlas of American Wars: 1900-1918The West Point Atlas of American Wars: 1900-1918 by Vincent J. Esposito
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Historical maps of all the major campaigns in WWI.
FIRST DAY ON THE SOMME, THEFIRST DAY ON THE SOMME, THE by Martin Middlebrook
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The deadliest day in British history.
The First World WarThe First World War by John Keegan
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Good one-volume overview of the Great War.
A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western FrontA Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front by Winston Groom
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The First World War - The Complete SeriesThe First World War - The Complete Series
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A great series of DVD's. Worth watching.
The Lost BattalionThe Lost Battalion
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True story of American battalion lost in the woods during a critical battle.
The Great War and Modern MemoryThe Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
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Paths of GloryPaths of Glory
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Stanley Kubrick's classic movie about WWI.
The Battlefields of the First World War: The Unseen Panoramas of the Western FrontThe Battlefields of the First World War: The Unseen Panoramas of the Western Front by Peter Barton
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Lonely Planet Cycling France (Cycling Guides)Lonely Planet Cycling France (Cycling Guides) by Sally Dillon
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I'm hoping to go by bike.
Cycle Touring in France (Cicerone Guide)Cycle Touring in France (Cicerone Guide) by Stephen Fox
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1917 SPRING OFFENSIVES: Arras, Vimy, le Chemin des Dames1917 SPRING OFFENSIVES: Arras, Vimy, le Chemin des Dames by Yves Buffetaut
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The Chemin des Dames is a 30-km road that follows a ridge northwest of Reims. It was fought over throughout the war by the French and British; the battles were names after the River Aisne that flows at the base of the ridge. This ridge now has a series of museums and memorials.
A Century of Paris-Roubaix: Paris-Roubaix 1896-1996A Century of Paris-Roubaix: Paris-Roubaix 1896-1996 by Pascal Sergent
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If you start in Ieper/Ypres, you will be close to the site of this famous bicycle race.
Storm of Steel (Penguin Classics)Storm of Steel (Penguin Classics) by Ernst Jünger
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Memoir by a German soldier
Michelin France Champagne Ardenne (Michelin Maps)Michelin France Champagne Ardenne (Michelin Maps)
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Michelin Nord-Pas-De Calais, Picardie, France (Michelin Local France Maps) (Multilingual Edition)Michelin Nord-Pas-De Calais, Picardie, France (Michelin Local France Maps) (Multilingual Edition)
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Michelin  Alsace, Lorraine, France (Michelin Local France Maps) (Multilingual Edition)Michelin Alsace, Lorraine, France (Michelin Local France Maps) (Multilingual Edition)
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Back to the Front: An Accidental Historian Walks the Trenches of World War IBack to the Front: An Accidental Historian Walks the Trenches of World War I by Stephen O'Shea
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Michelin Green Guide Alsace Lorraine Champagne (Michelin Green Guides)Michelin Green Guide Alsace Lorraine Champagne (Michelin Green Guides)
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Picardie-Flandres-Artois Green Guide 2006 (Michelin Green Guides) (French Edition)Picardie-Flandres-Artois Green Guide 2006 (Michelin Green Guides) (French Edition)
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AA Glovebox Atlas: France: Belgium & the Netherlands (Aa Glovebox Atlas S.)AA Glovebox Atlas: France: Belgium & the Netherlands (Aa Glovebox Atlas S.) by AA Publishing
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General overview and orientation.
Northern France 2007 2007 (Michelin National Maps)Northern France 2007 2007 (Michelin National Maps)
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Overview of Northern France
A Tour of the Bulge BattlefieldA Tour of the Bulge Battlefield by William Cavanagh
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This is about a day's travel (by bike) North of Verdun.
Gallipoli (Special Edition)Gallipoli (Special Edition)
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Not the Western Front, but great movie nonetheless...
They Called it Passchendaele: The Story of the Battle of Ypres and of the Men Who Fought in itThey Called it Passchendaele: The Story of the Battle of Ypres and of the Men Who Fought in it by Lyn Macdonald
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Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day, 1918, World War I and Its Violent ClimaxEleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day, 1918, World War I and Its Violent Climax by Joseph Persico
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Eye-Deep in Hell: Trench Warfare in World War IEye-Deep in Hell: Trench Warfare in World War I by John Ellis
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