Cargando…

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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gariepy, Patrick
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2014.
Temas:
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.