ANZACS on the Western Front: The Australian War Memorial Battlefield GuideA lavishly illustrated account of the ANZACs involvement in the Western Front--complete with walking and driving tours of 28 battlefields With rare photographs and documents from the Australian War Memorial archive and extensive travel information, this is the most comprehensive guide to the battlefields of the Western Front on the market. Every chapter covers not just the battles, but the often larger-than-life personalities who took part in them. Following a chronological order from 1916 through 1918, the book leads readers through every major engagement the Australian and New Zealanders fought in and includes tactical considerations and extracts from the personal diaries of soldiers. This is the perfect book for anyone who wants to explore the battlefields of the Western Front, either in-person or from the comfort of home.
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Contents
The ANZACS on the Western Front | |
BoisGrenierFleurbaix | |
Fromelles | |
Somme PozièresMouquet Farm | |
Somme New Zealanders at Flers | |
Somme Australians at Flers and Gueudecourt | |
From La Signy Farm to Puisieux | |
Dernancourt And Morlancourt | |
VillersBretonneux | |
Hazebrouck | |
Hamel | |
The German Armys Black | |
Somme South | |
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ANZACS on the Western Front: The Australian War Memorial Battlefield Guide Peter Pedersen No preview available - 2011 |
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15th Brigade 1st Battalion 20th Battalion 3rd Australian 3rd Division 5th Australian Division 6th Brigade advance Amiens ANZAC April Army artillery assault attack Auckland August Australian Corps Australian Division Bapaume barrage battle Blue Line bombs Brigade's British Cemetery Broodseinde Bullecourt burials Captain captured casualties commander Communal Cemetery Continue copse crater crest crossed crossroads Division’s DRIVING THE BATTLEFIELD embankment enfilade fighting fire Flers Fromelles front line German counterattack German line Germans guns Hamel head left Hindenburg Line junction killed kilometres Lagnicourt Le Quesnoy left flank left front Lieutenant look machine-guns Menin Road Messines metres Monash Mont St Quentin offensive Otago Outpost Line park Passchendaele passed Péronne pillbox Polygon Wood Pozières railway reached rear Red Line ridge Rifles right flank right front September Sergeant side slope Somme Spur T-junction tanks took track Trench turn left turn right Valley village Villers-Bretonneux walk Western Front Ypres Zealand Division