The ANZACS. Gallipoli To The Western Front

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Viking/Penquin
Publisher Place: Camberwell
Publisher Year: 2007
Edition: First Edition

Description: 447 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout, the only exception is some light wear on edges of cover. The Forgotten Heroes And The Bloody Campaigns Of A War That Brought Glory To The Australian Nation But Tragedy To Every Australian Family.

Publishers Description: This important book traces the evolution of the Australian Imperial Force from the enthusiastic amateurs of Gallipoli to the skilled warriors of the Western Front, where fighting in conditions of unspeakable horror and brutality they won their legendary reputation as 'the best infantrymen of the war and perhaps of all time'. By war's end the Australian Corps - a mere 9 per cent of the total British force - accounted for 22 per cent of total captures: a massive, and disproportionate, contribution to victory.Combining detailed battle narratives with soldiers' accounts, Peter Pedersen moves from Gallipoli through Palestine to the Western Front, graphically recreating the campaigns of a war in which over 200,000 Australians - two out of every three combatants - were killed or wounded. Including the New Zealanders at every stage, he also covers the war in the air and at sea, in dressing posts and hospitals, and on a home front devastated by casualty rates and riven over conscription. Illustrated with over 300 photographs and artworks, this epic work recalls to memory the forgotten heroes, and the bloody campaigns, of a war that brought glory to the Australian nation but tragedy to every Australian family.

ISBN: 9780670041244