'31 Years of Hell! 1914-1945'

Eamonn Ashe has been gripped by the World Wars for many years, sparked by the loss of his grandfather in World War I. An avid reader, he has studied dozens of books about the wars and the interwar years. He has deepened his insight through documentaries and visits to war sites, including:

• battlefields at the Somme, Messines and Passchendaele
• war museums in Ypres and Albert
• sites of the Normandy landings
• Allied war cemeteries at Tyne Cot (Passchendaele) and Normandy• Checkpoint Charlie
• Brandenburg Gate
• Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten)
• Battle of Berlin sites
• Seelow Heights museum
• Wannsee Conference building
• Cape Helles, Anzac Cove and Suvla Bay in Gallipoli
• Atatürk monument
• Francis Ledwidge’s grave

‘31 Years of Hell! 1914–1945′ is Eamonn’s first book.