When Germany declared war on France in August 1914, nobody could have predicted the conflict would be one of the deadliest in human history. The combination of trench warfare, modern weaponry and unimaginably high casualties made an indelible imprint on the landscape and its people. 

Bradt is proud to present World War I Battlefields, the only compact practical travel guide to the Western Front. Including both well-known and little-visited sites, it contains in-depth information on touring the battlefields by bike, car or on foot. This full-colour guidebook has advice on archives, researching family members and battlefields tours and is complemented by an online page regularly updated with centenary events.