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Anzacs On The Western Front : The Australian War Memorial Battlefield Guide
Paperback Edition: 1/2011
The Western Front in France and Belgium was the decisive theatre of the First World War. It was there that Australia and New Zealand, fighting between 1916 and 1918 in often unspeakable conditions and at a terrible cost, made their greatest contribution to Germany’s defeat.
In so doing, they earned the esteem of the world. The experience helped to forge the identities of the two nations and the close relationship between them.
ANZACS on the Western Front does far more than show where the lines that generals drew on their maps actually ran on the ground and retrace the footsteps of the men advancing towards them. It is a graphic and wide-ranging record of the Australian and New Zealand achievements, and of the huge sacrifices both nations made, in what is still arguably the most gruelling episode in their history.
The book is a comprehensive guide to the ANZAC battlefields on the Western Front. Numerous drives and walks, all carefully researched and illustrated by colour maps and modern and period photographs, enable the action on those battlefields to be followed. Personal accounts vividly bring that action to life and succinct narratives give the necessary historical context. Going beyond the battlefields, the guide also includes short essays on important personalities and events, details on relevant cemeteries, museums, memorials and nearby places of interest, and general travel information. All the Australian and New Zealand VC actions are pinpointed and described.
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Featured in the 31 October 2011 New Zealand newsletter.
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Pages : 600
Publication date : 2011-11
Publisher : Wiley
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, History, Politics, First World War, Battles & Campaigns, Land Forces & Warfare