Anzac : Sari Bair
Chambers, Stephen (Stephen J.)2014
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The August Offensive was born out of the failures of the Gallipoli landings and the subsequent battles of late spring and early summer 1915. General Sir Ian Hamilton, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, chose to play all his remaining cards in this daring and ingenious gamble that he hoped would finally turn the tide in the allies favour and bring his army up onto the heights overlooking the elusive Dardanelles. However the plan's same ingenuity became its eventual undoing. It required complex manoeuvring in tortuous terrain; whilst many of the attacking soldiers were already weakened by the hardships of four months of enduring very poor conditions on the Peninsula. What played out was heartbreakingly tragic; command failed the bravery and sacrifice of the fighting soldier. This is the story of Gallipoli's last battles.
Main title:
Anzac : Sari Bair / by Stephen Chambers.
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Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Battleground, 2014.
Collation:
240 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9781781591901 (pbk)1781591903 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.426 CHA940.426
LC class:
D568.3
Language:
English
BRN:
279441