From the preserved remains of the mighty Przemyśl fortress to the
underwater wreckage of German warship SMS Scharnhorst near the Falkland
Islands, Abandoned Places of World War I features more than 150
striking photographs from around the world.
An overgrown concrete bunker at Ypres; a rusting gun carriage in a field
in Flanders; perfectly preserved trenchworks at Vimy, northern France; a
rocky mountaintop observation post high in the Tyrolean mountains. More
than 100 years after the end of World War I, the conflict's legacy can
still be seen from Europe to the South Atlantic. Abandoned Places of
World War I explores more than 100 bunkers, trench systems, tunnels,
fortifications, and gun emplacements from North America to the Pacific.
Included are defensive structures, such as Fort Douaumont at Verdun, the
site of the Western Front's bloodiest battle; the elaborately
constructed tunnels of the Wellington Quarry, near Arras, designed to
provide a safe working hospital for wounded British soldiers; and
crumbling concrete pill boxes in Anzac Cove, Turkey.