Gardens of Hell : battles of the Gallipoli Campaign /
Gardens of Hell examines the human side of one of the great tragedies of modern warfare, the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War. In February 1915, beginning with a naval attack on Turkey in the Dardanelles, a combined force of British, Australian, New Zealand, Indian, and French troops invade...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press,
2014.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "A day which I shall not forget": the battle is joined
- "The results were disastrous": forcing the Dardanelles
- "Death on the eve of battle": the preparations
- "My God it's all horrible": the landings of April 25, 1915: ANZAC
- "This place was littered with dead from the boats": the landings of April 25, 1915: Helles
- "Had we gone forward we should have been wiped out": the battles of April: Helles
- "They died like gallant officers and gentlemen": the May battles
- "A lot of our poor fellows were drowned": the war at sea
- "We had the great experience to have a glimpse of Hell": the June battles
- "There was no one left to fire": battles of August and the final offensives
- "Not actually all the King's men": the battles of July 12 and August 12
- "And all suffered severely": the great storm, November 27-28, 1915
- "We have lost the game": evacuation.