Fields of War: Fifty Key Battlefields in France and Belgium, by Robert Mueller, has been selected by the Military Writers Society of America as the 2010 Bronze Medal winner in the Travel Category. This is the thrid national book award received by Mr. Mueller, having earlier been awarded First Place in the Travel Category of the Reader Views Reviewers Choice Award 2010 and earlier named a Best Books Award Finalist by USA Book News. Fields of War is a unique and practical travel guide dedicated to bringing visitors to the sites of important historical events. It presents fifty battlefields that are within a short driving distance of Paris or Calais. Each battlefield description contains a brief historical overview and a tour of the major surviving landmarks and, in many cases, artifacts of the actual engagements. The tour routes are designed to be interesting and easy to follow with complete driving instructions. Extensively illustrated by sixty-five maps as well as forty-eight pages of historical and contemporary photographs, the book presents battlefield sites selected and organized to offer an enjoyable touring experience. It is an invaluable introduction to battles ranging from the medieval period to modern times.

Fields of War: Fifty Key Battlefields in France and Belgium: A Visitor's Guide to Historic Sites

History

Mueller, Robert J.

Europe

French Battlefields

A complete guide to Normandy Battlefields providing the history, places, and people who made victory possible. Recipient of 7 National book awards. On 6 June 1944, 156,000 American, British, and Canadian servicemen fought ashore on beaches along the Normandy coast or landed from the air to begin wresting back Nazi occupied Europe. The D-Day invasion was the largest amphibious landing in history. Although successful, it was only precursor to months of the deadly fighting necessary to dislodge stubborn German defenders from the Norman countryside and eventually liberate France. As a visitor s guide, Fields of War: Battle of Normandy presents the actual locations of key events in the struggle to free France from German occupation. Each battlefield visit begins with a succinct history of events followed by a description of the intense military action that determined success or failure. Extensive detailed maps illustrate the flow of the battle across the landscape and the units that participated. Detailed driving instructions and GPS co-ordinates direct visitors to each battlefield site. Descriptions of museums, memorials, cemeteries, and surviving artifacts are given along with their hours of operation. Mailing, email, and web addresses are also provided.

Fields of War: Battle of Normandy

Robert Mueller

Military

This unique and practical book presents a comprehensive guide to America's largest battle of the Second World War - the 1944 Battle of the Bulge. It identifies and describes the actions of individual soldiers whose unflinching dedication to their fellow soldiers motivated heroic actions, frequently at the cost of their own lives. provides tours and descriptions of surviving landmarks, military museums, and stirring memorials. The Bulge Battlefields features over 500 GPS coordinates and 88 maps that pinpoint battlefield sites that include: - 23 Museums - 182 Monuments or Memorials - 21 Farthest Advance Stones - 19 WW II Tanks - 18 Region Tourist Offices - Westwall Bunkers - Commemorative Walking Tours - Awards for Bravery and Sacrifice

The Bulge Battlefields

Robert J Mueller

Follow the Japanese Navy across the northern Pacific as it executes the most daring and successful aerial attack of the Second World War. The bombardment of the American Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941 damaged or destroyed all eight battleships and numerous support craft. A timeline describes the consequences to each major ship highlighting the stories of sailors and airmen who attempted to enable America's naval assets in the Pacific Ocean to fight another day.

Pearl Harbor - A Day of Infamy

The American Expeditionary Force's contribution to the Allied victory in the First World War is reviewed by visiting the locations of American participation in the fighting. Through detailed maps, B&W period photographs, and contemporary color photographs visitors can follow the American troops across the battlefields of northern France. The exploits of individual soldiers whose contributions made victory possible are described. The text includes GPS coordinates of all important monuments, museums, and military cemeteries.

American Doughboys in the First World War

Operation MARKET GARDEN guides visitors to the battlefields of a daring plan for the largest airborne drop in the Second World War. Three Airborne Divisions (American 82nd and 101st and British 1st) parachuted behind enemy lines to capture and hold key river and canal bridges. An armoured column raced across the Netherlands on a single narrow highway to secure the crossings. The effort was defeated at the critical bridge at Arnhem resulting in the destruction of the British 1st Airborne Division. The guide provides battle summaries, descriptions of museums, relics, battlefield locations, driving and in-city walking tour routes complete with GPS co-ordinates, and individual stories of men engaged in combat.

Operation Market Garden: Airborne Invasion of the Netherlands

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