Lost Boys of Anzac.

Australians remember the dead of 25 April 1915 on Anzac Day every year. But does anyone know the name of a single soldier who died that day? What do we really know about the men supposedly most cherished in the national memory of war? Peter Stanley goes looking for the lost boys of Anzac: the men of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stanley, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University of New South Wales Press, 2014.
Temas:
Australia. > Australian Army. > Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921). > Division, 1st > History.
Australia. > Australian Army. > Australian and New Zealand Army Corps > History.
Australia. > Australian Army. > Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921). > Division, 1st
1914-1918
Soldiers > Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Turkey > Gallipoli Peninsula.
World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, Australian.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Campagnes et batailles > Turquie > Gallipoli, Péninsule de.
Military campaigns
Military participation > Australian
Soldiers
Australia
Turkey > Gallipoli Peninsula
History
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Sumario:Australians remember the dead of 25 April 1915 on Anzac Day every year. But does anyone know the name of a single soldier who died that day? What do we really know about the men supposedly most cherished in the national memory of war? Peter Stanley goes looking for the lost boys of Anzac: the men of the very first wave to land at dawn on 25 April 1915 and who died on that day. There were exactly 101 of them: the first to volunteer, the first to go into action, and the first of the 60,000 Australians killed in that conflict. Lost Boys of Anzac traces who these men were, where they came from, an.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:1306878071
9781306878074
9781742246710
1742246710

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