Before Endeavours Fade: Guide to the Battlefields of the First World War (Paperback)

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All the major battlegrounds of the First World War are featured, photographed and mapped, combining the research, travels and knowledge of the late Rose Coombs with updated text and new photos of some of the memorials.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: After the Battle; 7th edition (November 15, 1994)
• ISBN-10: 0900913851
• ISBN-13: 978-0900913853
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,215,968 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A mus have if you plan to visit Battlefields, November 16, 2001

By	L. Figarella (Nashua, NH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Before Endeavours Fade: Guide to the Battlefields of the First World War (Paperback)

Written by/for the Brits, but a must have if you plan to visit the Western battlefields (From the Channel at Calais, Ypres, Mons, Cambrai, Amiens to Verdun). I used it in the fall of 2001 to visit the Ypres area, and really loved the detailed explanations and tours. Found places I would not have had without the book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Still the Best, January 7, 2006

By	Richard D. Kaneen "montovanow" (Tucson, Az USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Written before the recent renewed interest in the Great War, this guide is still the best there is. It covers pretty much the entire Western Front and has hundreds of photos of monuments, markers, important buildings and of course, cemetaries. Although it focuses on the British battlefields (particulary Ypres and the Somme) there is great info about the French battlefields and an excellent section on the Americans. I've used this book to find amazing places (like Apremont-la-foret and the Butte de Vaquois just to name two) and put a name to places I've visited but didn't, at the time, know what they were. If you're a Great War buff, or even just interested, this book is essential. You'll get more detail in the Holt's guides, Middlebrook's stunningly clear guide to the Somme, or the terrific Leo Cooper Battleground Europe series. But to get nearly every important site on the Western Front in one 150 page package, Mrs. Coombs' book is it. Highly recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Before Endeavours Fade: A Guide to the Battlefields of the First World War, July 15, 2009

By	G. Hoffman (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Before Endeavours Fade - a Guide to the Battlefields of the First World War (Paperback)

Despite its age this is still the best guidebook to the battlefields and memorials of WWI. I just got back from a trip (Spring 09) to visit the battlefields around Verdun, France, and the author's suggested driving routes and stops were invaluable. The other guidebook I used was published in 1933 by the US Army and, while having more details of the battles, its age shows.