WWI US Army Marine British French Campaigns of the Battles of Yser History Book

Description

This is a reprint of the classic 1919 Book by the Michelin Company. It is in an 8 ½ x 11 staple bound format with 130 Pages in this history book.
The First World War touched the lives of many thousands of people at the time around the world, both on the fighting fronts and on the home front. Many people from France, Belgium, the United States, and the Great Britain wanted to journey to the battle fields to see, and experience, where their beloved soldiers had seen and sacrificed so much.
Michelin came up with the idea of providing tours of the battlefields along with complimentary souvenir history books on the battle and of the tour. Provides fascinating insight into the battle, the towns, and the region before and after the battle.
A great read!
The Battle of the Yser (French: Bataille de l'Yser, Dutch: Slag om de IJzer) was a battle of World War I that took place in October 1914 between the towns on Nieuwpoort and Diksmuide, along a 35-kilometre (22 mi) stretch of the Yser River and the Yperlee Canal, in Belgium.[4] The front line was held by a large Belgian force, which halted the German advance in a costly defensive battle. The Allied victory at the Yser stopped the German advance into the last corner of unoccupied Belgium, but the German army was still left in control of 95 percent of Belgian territory.
The victory at the Yser allowed Belgium to retain control of a sliver of territory, which made King Albert a Belgian national hero, sustained national pride and provided a venue for commemorations of heroic sacrifice for the next century.