Pozières

Pozières
Title Pozières PDF eBook
Author Peter Charlton
Publisher
Pages 366
Release 1986
Genre Pozières (France)
ISBN

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Fromelles and Pozières

Fromelles and Pozières
Title Fromelles and Pozières PDF eBook
Author Peter FitzSimons
Publisher Random House Australia
Pages 817
Release 2016-10-03
Genre History
ISBN 0143783300

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In the Trenches of Hell On July 19, 1916, 7000 Australian soldiers - in the first major action of the AIF on the Western Front - attacked entrenched German positions at Fromelles in northern France. By the next day, there were over 5500 casualties, including nearly 2000 dead - a bloodbath that the Australian War Memorial describes as 'the worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history. Just days later, three Australian Divisions attacked German positions at nearby Pozières, and over the next six weeks they suffered another 23,000 casualties. Of that bitter battle, the great Australian war correspondent Charles Bean would write, "The field of Pozières is more consecrated by Australian fighting and more hallowed by Australian blood than any field which has ever existed . . ." Yet the sad truth is that, nearly a century on from those battles, Australians know only a fraction of what occurred. This book brings the battles back to life and puts the reader in the moment, illustrating both the heroism displayed and the insanity of the British plan. With his extraordinary vigour and commitment to research, Peter FitzSimons shows why this is a story about which all Australians can be proud. And angry.

Gallipoli

Gallipoli
Title Gallipoli PDF eBook
Author Peter Hart
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 561
Release 2011-10-03
Genre History
ISBN 0199836868

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"First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Profile Books"--T.p. verso.

More Than Bombs and Bandages

More Than Bombs and Bandages
Title More Than Bombs and Bandages PDF eBook
Author Kirsty Harris
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 398
Release 2011-01-24
Genre History
ISBN 1921941316

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More than Bombs and Bandages exposes the false assumption that military nurses only nursed. Based on author Kirsty Harris' CEW Bean Prize winning PhD thesis, this is a book that is far removed from the 'devotion to duty' stereotyping offering an intriguing and sometimes gut wrenching insight into the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) during World War I.

Australians on the Somme: Pozieres 1916

Australians on the Somme: Pozieres 1916
Title Australians on the Somme: Pozieres 1916 PDF eBook
Author Peter Charlton
Publisher Leo Cooper Books
Pages 364
Release 1986
Genre History
ISBN

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The First Day on the Somme

The First Day on the Somme
Title The First Day on the Somme PDF eBook
Author Martin Middlebrook
Publisher Pen and Sword
Pages 344
Release 2006-05-25
Genre History
ISBN 1473814243

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A history of the British Army’s experience at the Battle of the Somme in France during World War I. After an immense but useless bombardment, at 7:30 AM on July 1, 1916, the British Army went over the top and attacked the German trenches. It was the first day of the battle of the Somme, and on that day, the British suffered nearly 60,000 casualties, two for every yard of their front. With more than fifty times the daily losses at El Alamein and fifteen times the British casualties on D-day, July 1, 1916, was the blackest day in the history of the British Army. But, more than that, as Lloyd George recognized, it was a watershed in the history of the First World War. The Army that attacked on that day was the volunteer Army that had answered Kitchener’s call. It had gone into action confident of a decisive victory. But by sunset on the first day on the Somme, no one could any longer think of a war that might be won. Martin Middlebrook’s research has covered not just official and regimental histories and tours of the battlefields, but interviews with hundreds of survivors, both British and German. As to the action itself, he conveys the overall strategic view and the terrifying reality that it was for front-line soldiers. Praise for The First Day on the Somme “The soldiers receive the best service a historian can provide: their story is told in their own words.” —The Guardian (UK)

Pozieres

Pozieres
Title Pozieres PDF eBook
Author Graham Keech
Publisher Pen and Sword
Pages 220
Release 1990-12-31
Genre History
ISBN 1473817331

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The village sits on top of the ridge that bears its name, a ridge that was an objective on the 1st July 1916. As it was, the whole position was not finally cleared until early September 1916 as German, Australian and British troops fought tenaciously over it.