Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
The Great War seen from the air : in Flanders fields, 1914-1918
Other Name
In Flanders fields : the Great War seen from the air (Alternate title)
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Mercatorfields, in cooperation with In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres; Imperial War Museums, United Kingdom; The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History, Brussels ; distributed by Yale University Press, New Haven and London
Place
Date
2013?
Physical Description
350 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, plans ; 26 x 31 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9789462300262
9780300196580
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Edition/State/Version
First edition, London
Subject Category
Content
Preface / Jean Bourgeois
1. General introduction to aerial photography during the First World War:
An untold wealth of wartime date
A town in its death throes
Aerial photography and the war: a brief history
Multi-layered landscapes
2. The war landscape of Belgium in the First World War in 129 case studies:
The Great War seen from the air
Overview with details of 129 case studies
How to use this book?
Chapter I. The first months of the war
Chapter II. The second Battle of Ypres and trench warfare
Chapter III. The British breakthrough attempts of 1917
Chapter IV. 1918. Spring offensive and liberation offensive
Chapter V. Reconstruction and the last witness
Lost and forgotten? Aerial photographic collections.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: World War One]
Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-348) and index.
Collection Type
Reading Room
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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