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A Prayer for Gallipoli. The Great War Diaries of Chaplain Kenneth Best

Door Kenneth Best

Categorie	WO I
Boeknummer	#236751
Titel	A Prayer for Gallipoli. The Great War Diaries of Chaplain Kenneth Best
Auteur	Best, Kenneth
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London etc., Simon & Schuster
Jaar van uitgave	2011
ISBN10	0857202251
ISBN13	9780857202253
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	Many chaplains were not permitted to go near the Front in the First World War - others insisted on doing so, like Kenneth Best in the Gallipoli Campaign. Best had no military training before the war but he felt that he could only fulfil his pastoral role by getting close to the front line and working with the troops under fire. Best was attached to the 42nd East Lancastrians - the first Territorial Army Division to serve overseas in the conflict, so arguably the least experienced in the ways of war. In his diary we follow his progress through his initial training in Egypt and on to his arrival in Gallipoli in May 1915. Gallipoli has become notorious, even by the standards of the First World War. After a naval campaign to open up a supply route to Russia through Turkey failed, some 480,000 ... (Lees verder)Allied troops were drawn into a land invasion in which hundreds of thousands were injured or killed. In his diary, Best records his efforts to encourage frightened men before they go over the top, to comfort the wounded and, when the fighting stops, to bury the dead. His empathy for the troops is matched by a forthright disgust for their leaders, few of whom share his insight into the horrific realities of trench warfare.
Pagina's	293
Conditie	Nieuw
Prijs	€ 8,00

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