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Simon Forty was educated in Dorset and the north of England before reading history at London University's School of Slavonic and East European Studies. He has been involved in publishing since the mid-1970s, first as editor and latterly as author. Son of author and RAC Tank Museum curator George mostra altro Forty, he has continued in the family tradition writing mainly on historical and military subjects including books on the Napoleonic Wars and the two world wars. Recently he has produced a range of highly illustrated books on the Normandy battlefields, the Atlantic Wall and the liberation of the Low Countries with co-author Leo Marriott. mostra meno

Opere di Simon Forty

Operatie market garden (2018) 9 copie
Architects : from A to Z (2013) 9 copie
ABC United Airlines (1997) 3 copie
My First Book of French (1997) 3 copie

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These 125 rare and fascinating historical documents chart the boundaries of the Great War from its start in 1914 to the Armistice. Detailed maps show the trench lines of the major Western Front battlefields sitting side-by-side with Lawrence of Arabia’s campaigns in Palestine and the Middle East. Naval battles in the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean appear alongside details of ANZAC’s Gallipoli campaign or Canadian battles at Vimy Ridge. Plans for rolling barrages at Serre on the Somme contrast with details of operations in East Africa (the setting for the popular movie The African Queen). One section focuses entirely on the United States’ involvement in the fighting, while the introduction provides a brief background of the war and an examination of military mapping.… (altro)
 
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MasseyLibrary | Jul 26, 2020 |

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Opere
41
Utenti
377
Popolarità
#64,011
Voto
½ 3.4
Recensioni
2
ISBN
68
Lingue
2

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