Now all roads lead to France and heavy is the tread
Of the living; but the dead returning lightly dance.
Edward Thomas, Roads

Sunday, August 24, 2025

My AEF Battlefield Guide Is Now Available for Free Download


Cover: Marine Memorial, Belleau Wood Glade

Long-term subscribers to Roads to the Great War might recall that for some time I marketed this guidebook on the site. It is a distillation of all my research and on-site explorations of the war's American battlefields, organized in a way that I believe is easy to follow. Here are some details about the work and how to download it now for no charge. I hope you will have an opportunity yourself to visit these battlefields someday yourself.

The Battlefields Covered:
  • Cantigny
  • Chateau-Thierry, Belleau Wood, and Vaux
  • Second Battle of the Marne
  • Flanders: Mt. Kemmel
  • Frapelle
  • St. Mihiel Salient
  • Meuse-Argonne
  • The Hindenburg Line & Beyond
  • Blanc Mont Ridge
  • Flanders-Lys
  • Other Notable Smaller Operations

Specifications:

  • 28-page, full color, large 8½ x 11 inch printable PDF Document, readable on desk tops, laptops or P.E.D. devices.
  • Ten major battles and five notable smaller operations covered.
  • Each main section includes: quick facts, then and now photos, maps, details about the battle, and key sites to visit with GPS coordinates.
  • Only delivered electronically.

Click HERE to Download


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