Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #296599 in Books
• Published on: 1999-03-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Synopsis
Major & Mrs Holt''s battlefield guides provide not only the historical background to the campaign but all the information needed to make one''s visit as rewarding as possible'

Customer Reviews

An outstanding overview of the Gallipoli peninsula battles
The Gallipoli campaign of 1915 has been forgotten by most British people but certainly not by Australians and New Zealanders. Yet it was an extraordinary campaign that underscores much of what went wrong in World War 1. There is also much myth surrounding the battles, especially in Australia. And this hasn't been helped by many of the books written on the subject. Many are clearly biased.

The Peace Park at Gallipoli is a remarkable place to visit but until recently guides to this palce have been few and of questionalble help. Holt's book fills this gap perfectly. In a word it is outstanding. It is very fair and very detailed. It covers the battles and memorials from the Turkish point of view as much as the Allies. There are loads of pictures and an excellent removable map.

Holt creates 5 itineraries that would suffice to give anyone a complete overview of every part of this campaign. Anyone contemplating a visit should regard this book as essential.

It is also mostly very accurate even in the small detail though forgetting Albert Jacka was a strange oversite.

glossy but unreliable
Having used this book on a recent trip to Gallipoli, despite being well produced and full of excellent photographs, we found the actual information both unreliable and inaccurate. Some of the directions proved misleading, and the map that came with the book had a large number of errors which gave us many problems: in particular the location of Lala Baba Cemetery which is not marked correctly. For a WW1 Battlefield that has few guidebooks this is a welcome addition, but the definitive one has yet to be written.

i was there
I was on the penninsular Gallipoli in september 2009 and it was very usefull to have the book of Major and mrs. Holt's Battlefield Guide. There were no books in English overthere. I missed how I had to travel with public transport. Only by car and tours was written in the book. So we walked a great deal of the time. The reason why we didn't saw all the things we liked to see. If you go walking do not forget water and food because it is sometimes hot also in september. So you can imagine how it was for the men in 1915. There are no restaurants ore things like that on your way. It was all very moving the English side and also the Turkish side. 115.000 englis died and on the memorial are 20.000 names of man who never were found. The graveyard of the Turkish have 59.000 names but more than 200.000 were killed. What a killing fields overthere. It is very silent and empty; so go in september. Sorry for my English' I have a English grandfather but I am Dutch (WW2)
Jacqueline