{"product_id":"the-western-front-battlefields-memorials-and-cemeteries-of-the-first-world-war-marcel-belley","title":"The Western Front, Battlefields, Memorials and Cemeteries of the First World War; Marcel Belley","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition: New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eOne of the rare books about the First World War that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evisually explores the efforts of the major combatants to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eremember the fallen along the entire length of the old\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWestern Front.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe area of Belgium and northern France that was the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWestern Front is a place like no other. In a line running \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eseven hundred kilometers from the English Channel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto the Swiss border the horrors of industrialised war \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003econsumed men by the millions for over four years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the War finally ended, entire societies were in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshock and the ensuing outpouring of grief can be seen \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etoday in the countless cemeteries and memorials that\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003edot the landscape. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eMuch has been written of the British experience \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the work of the Commonwealth War Graves \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCommission including the major architects of national \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ememorials, but little material can be found regarding \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe American, French and German sites.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2013 Marcel and a friend travelled the entire \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elength of the Western Front. The images he captured \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etell an amazing story and the chapters of the book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eare organised in such a way as to help the reader to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunderstand the stupendous efforts of the nations \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einvolved to remember their fallen.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Secret Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31672718819398,"sku":"109","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/8921\/4278\/products\/TheWesternFront_Battlefields_MemorialsandCemeteriesoftheFirstWorldWar_MarcelBelley.jpg?v=1591096216","url":"https:\/\/www.thesecretbookstore.live\/products\/the-western-front-battlefields-memorials-and-cemeteries-of-the-first-world-war-marcel-belley","provider":"The Secret Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}