Fatal Avenue
A Traveller's History of the Battlefields of Northern France and Flanders 1346-1945Select a format:
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Summary
De Gaulle called it a 'fatal avenue' - that broad sweep of low-lying country stretching north-east of Paris. Over the centuries, invading armies have swept back and forth over this bloody terrain, and the names of battles fought here read like a dictionary of military history - from Agincourt, Calais and Crécy to Verdun, Vimy and Ypres.
Fatal Avenue is both a history and a guide - a unique study of a region that has witnessed more bitter military conflict than any other area of its size on earth.
Fatal Avenue is both a history and a guide - a unique study of a region that has witnessed more bitter military conflict than any other area of its size on earth.
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Enthralling information on everything from archery to fortification, and from strategy to ecology... It could scarcely be bettered
Ronald Blythe
