Bullecourt 1917 (eBook)

Breaching the Hindenburg Line

Paul Kendall (Autor)

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2010
416 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6252-0 (ISBN)

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In the spring of 1917 the Arras offensive was begun to break the stalemate of the Western Front by piercing the formidable German defences of the Hindenburg Line. The village of Bullecourt lay at the southern end of the battle front, and the fighting there over a period of six weeks from 11 April until late May 1917, epitomised the awful trench warfare of World War I.
In Bullecourt 1917, Paul Kendall tells the stories of the fierce battles fought by three British and three Australian divisions in an attempt to aid Allenby's Third Army break out from Arras. Approximately 10,000 Australian and 7,000 British soldiers died, many of whom were listed as missing and have no known grave. The battle caused much consternation due to the failure of British tanks in supporting Australian infantry on 11 April, but despite the lack of tank and artillery support the Australian infantry valiantly fought their way into the German trenches. It took a further six weeks for British and Australian infantry to capture the village. This book tells the story of this bitter battle and pays tribute to the men who took part. Crucially, Paul Kendall has contacted as many of the surviving relatives of the combatants as he could, to gain new insight into those terrible events on the Hindenburg Line.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2010
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 1917 • 58th division • 62nd division • 7th division • AIF • allenby • Anzac • Arras • Arras Memorial • Australian Imperial Force • australian imperial force|ww1 • Australians • battalions • battle of arras • battle of bullecourt • Breaching the Hindenburg Line • British Army • bullecourt • bullecourt, hindenburg line, western front, anzac, battle of arras, 1917, 7th division, 58th division, 62nd division, allenby, third army, arras, battle of bullecourt, australians, tanks, major percy black, captain albert jacka, captain harry murray, AIF, australian imperial force • captain albert jacka • captain harry murray • Cavalry • divisions|world war 1 • First World War • Hindenburg Line • major percy bBretonneux • major percy black • Tanks • The Great War • Third Army • Western Front • World War 1 • World War I • World War One • WW1 • ww1, wwi, world war 1, world war i, world war one, first world war, the great war, Breaching the Hindenburg Line • wwi
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-6252-6 / 0750962526
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-6252-0 / 9780750962520