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The secrets of Anzac Ridge in Flanders Fields
Skehan, Patricia2025
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The impact of World War I still ripples through time. In this moving and essential book, historian Patricia Skehan brings to light secret details of Anzac experiences on the Western Front. In the annals of human history, the stakes are highest in war. And in World War I, what was at stake was the future of the world. Anzac troops, fighting and dying so far from home, were crucial to the result that shaped the twentieth century. Those troops wrote letters and diaries, materials that now form the record for the human face of war.Patricia Skehan reveals riveting secrets from the diaries of James Armitage, a young Sydney man who enlisted on his eighteenth birthday, as well as the writings of General Sir John Monash, the military mastermind leading the Anzac troops. With permission from both their relatives, their records of the Western Front are interweaved with stories from doctors, nurses, gunners and many others. The result is a moving portrait of catastrophic events set on Anzac Ridge, in Flanders fields.
Main title:
The secrets of Anzac Ridge in Flanders Fields / by Patricia Skehan.
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Imprint:
Gadigal Country Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2025.
Collation:
323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Variant title:
Cover title: Secrets of Anzac Ridge in Flanders Fields an extraordinary account of life in and out of the trenches
Notes:
An extraordinary account of life in and out of the trenches--Cover.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
073365156997807336515649780733651564 (paperback)
Dewey class:
940.426940.48194
Language:
English
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Subject:
Monash, John, Sir, 1865-1931Armitage, JimGreat Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army CorpsAustralia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921)Soldiers -- Australia -- AnecdotesSoldiers -- Australia -- DiariesWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Belgium -- Personal narratives, AustralianWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France -- Personal narratives, Australian
BRN:
526893
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 940.426 SEC | Onloan - Due: 12 Jun 2025 |