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Anzacs on the Western Front

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The Australian War Memorial Battlefield Guide

by Peter Pederson and Chris Roberts
Paperback
Publication Date: 10/01/2018
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A newly updated, 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.

Anzacs On The Western Front: The Australian War Memorial Battlefield Guide 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. It 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 grueling episode in their history.

  • A complete guide to the ANZAC battlefields on the Western Front—featuring short essays on important personalities and events, details on relevant cemeteries, museums, memorials and nearby places of interest, and general travel information. 
  • Carefully researched and illustrated with colorful maps and both modern and period photographs. Includes information about the Sir John Monash Centre near Villers-Bretonneux in France—a new interpretative museum set to open on Anzac Day 2018, coinciding with the centenary of the Year of Victory 1918.

Anzacs On The Western Front: The Australian War Memorial Battlefield Guide is the perfect book for historians, history buffs, military enthusiasts, and Australians and New Zealanders who want to explore the military history and battlefields of their heritage.

ISBN:
9780730337393
9780730337393
Category:
History
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
10-01-2018
Publisher:
JOHN WILEY & SONS AUSTRALIA
Edition:
2nd Edition
Pages:
600
Dimensions (mm):
240x155x25mm
Weight:
0kg
Peter Pederson

Peter Pedersen, PHD, was Head of the Research Centre at the Australian War Memorial and is one of Australia's leading military historians.

On retiring from the Memorial, Dr. Pedersen was appointed consultant historian for the Australian government's commemorative projects on the Australian battlefields of the Western Front. He appears frequently on Australian television and radio and has spoken at military history conferences and seminars in Australia and abroad.

Chris Roberts

Chris Roberts lives in West London. He has written about music, films and books for innumerable publications and websites and interviewed everyone from David Bowie to Janet Jackson.

He was the editor of Idle Worship, hailed in the New York Times as ‘the most original book about rock ‘n’ roll ever’, and edited Blondie's Panic of Girls magazine at the band's request.

Often appearing on TV and radio, he has also published books on Kate Moss, Lou Reed, Michael Jackson, Tom Jones, Abba, Talk Talk, Scarlett Johansson, Pharrell Williams, the Gothic arts and many others.

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For anyone travelling to or wanting to travel to the battlefields of the Western Front, this is the definitive reference material. Concise directions of walking and driving trips, intimate local knowledge of out-of-bounds areas (these battlefields are French peoples farms and homes) and the reference to the slaughter of OUR young men is quite sobering.

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