Fromelles & Pozieres : In the Trenches of Hell by Peter Fitzsimons - 2015

William Heinemann Australia, 2015

William Heinemann (Australia), Sydney, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: maps & photographs. second-hand copy, no damage to the dust jacket, no damage to the book, no annotations. A recounting of the battles that started on 19 July 1916, a day in which there were over 5500 casualties, including nearly 2000 dead – a bloodbath that the Australian War Memorial describes as "the worst 24-hour is in Australia's entire history". Illustrated with a number of black-and-white maps, a central photographic section, and with extensive notes and references, bibliography. Indexed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XXII, 794 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: maps & photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; WW I; ISBN: 1742759505. ISBN/EAN: 9781742759500. Inventory No: 0281785. . 9781742759500

Sydney: Random House Australia, 2015. xxi, 793pp, index, bibliography, notes/references, bw ills, maps. Or boards in jacket. Sticker remant to front, otherwise near new. 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, icluding nearly 2000 dead. Just days later three Australian divisions attacked German positions at nearby Pozieres, and over the next six weeks they suffered another 23000 casualites.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

William Heinemann Australia, 2015

William Heinemann, Australia, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. In the Trenches of Hell On 19 July 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 Pozi res, 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 Pozi res 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.… Read More

William Heinemann Australia, 2015-11-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.3000 9.0000 6.0000.

North Sydney: William Heinemann. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. 1742759505 . With illustrations, a very good copy in very good dustjacket. ; 240 x 160mm; xxii, 793 pages .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.