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Eyewitnesses at the Somme. A Muddy and Bloody Campaign 1916 1918

Door Tim Cook

Categorie
WO I
Boeknummer
#229610
Titel
Eyewitnesses at the Somme. A Muddy and Bloody Campaign 1916 1918
Auteur
Cook, Tim
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Barnsley, Pen & Sword
Jaar van uitgave
2017
ISBN10
1526714612
ISBN13
9781526714619
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
In 1915, news of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landing and the slaughter at Gallipoli stirred tens of thousands of young men to go to war. They answered the call and formed battalions of the Australian Imperial Force. By the time the new recruits were combat ready, the campaign at Gallipoli had ended. Their battlefields became the muddy paddocks of France and Belgium. Based on eyewitness account, Eyewitnesses at the Somme traces the story of one of these battalions, the 55th, from its birth in the dusty camps of Egypt through three years of brutal, bloody conflict on the bitter western front. When the Great War ended in 1918, over 500 of the 3,000 men who served in the 55th had been slain and another 1,000 wounded. Eyewitnesses at the Somme, shares personal stories of Australia... (Lees verder)n men as they stared down the horrors of war with determination, courage and mateship. With chapters devoted to the significant battles at Fromelles, Doignies, Polygon Wood, P ronne and Bellicourt, this book tells the story of one battalion, but in doing so it encapsulates the experiences of many Australians on the Western Front.
Pagina's
397
Conditie
Nieuw
Prijs
€ 20,00

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