Bullecourt 1917
Breaching the Hindenburg Line
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2010
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7524-5745-1 (ISBN)
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
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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.
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.
Paul Kendall was educated at Queen Mary & Westfields College, University of London. He served as an Honorary Midshipman with the University of London Royal Naval Unit from 1990 to 1994. He has spent several years researching for this book and has gone to great lengths to establish contact with the descendants of the participants as well as consulting museums, archives and libraries for all relevant material. This book is not only the most complete account of the Battle of Bullecourt, it represents another kind of tribute to the men who took part, to stand, with all due humility, alongside the Digger Memorial and those at Villers-Bretonneux, Arras, and elsewhere.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.9.2010 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Stroud |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 180 x 250 mm |
| Gewicht | 1100 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7524-5745-4 / 0752457454 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7524-5745-1 / 9780752457451 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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