Books
Major and Mrs. Holt’s Battlefield Guide to the Somme.
The Somme Battlefields – Martin and Mary Middlebrook
The First Day on the Somme – Martin Middlebrook.
Somme – Lyn Macdonald.
The Somme – Anthony Farrar-Hockley.
The IWM Book of the Somme – Malcolm Brown.
Forgotten Victory – Gary Sheffield
Publisher has produced a series called Battleground Europe with many on the Somme. Most include car and walking tours. An excellent overview in the series is Paul Reed’s Walking the Somme.
Maps
Good maps are vital. Most detailed is the blue 1:25000 series. Four cover the 1916 Somme: 2407 ouest, 2407 est, 2408 ouest & 2408 est.
Good for general use is the 1:100000 Laon/Arras map 4.
The has a 1:200000 Michelin map overlaid with its cemeteries and memorials. Number 53 covers the Somme.
World Wide Web
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