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Chris Baker

Bio

Chris Baker is a former Chartered Engineer and manufacturing consultant whose deep interest in the Great War led him to becoming a professional military historian. He is behind a research business, fourteeneighteen, and is the author of the well-known and invaluable website ‘The Long, Long Trail. Chris was the Chairman of the Western Front Association for a number of years and was the founder of the very successful internet Great War Forum. Chriss book ‘The Battle for Flanders: German defeat on the Lys, 1918 was published by Pen & Sword Military in 2011. In 2014 ‘The truce: the day the war stopped was published by Amberley in 2014. Chris is an honorary Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, where he gained a Masters in British First World War History in 2007.

Chris Baker Books

Kozy Krampus book cover

Kozy Krampus

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From the Channel to the Ypres Salient book cover

From the Channel to the Ypres Salient

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From the Channel to the Ypres Salient book cover

From the Channel to the Ypres Salient

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The Battle of the Lys, 1918 book cover

The Battle of the Lys, 1918

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The Battle of the Lys, 1918 book cover

The Battle of the Lys, 1918

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The Battle of the Lys, 1918: South book cover

The Battle of the Lys, 1918: South

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The Battle of the Lys, 1918: South book cover

The Battle of the Lys, 1918: South

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Photographing the Deep Sky book cover

Photographing the Deep Sky

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The Battle for Flanders book cover

The Battle for Flanders

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The Battle for Flanders book cover

The Battle for Flanders

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The Elements of F*cking Style book cover

The Elements of F*cking Style

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