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Pozieres

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Author : Graham Keech
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 1990-12-31

Pozieres written by Graham Keech and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-12-31 with History categories.

The village sits on top of the ridge that bears its name, a ridge that was an objective on the 1st July 1916. As it was, the whole position was not finally cleared until early September 1916 as German, Australian and British troops fought tenaciously over it.

Pozi Eres

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Author : Scott Bennett
language : en
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Release Date : 2012-03-21

Pozi Eres written by Scott Bennett and has been published by Scribe Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-21 with History categories.

In 1916, one million men fought in the first battle of the Somme. Victory hinged on their ability to capture a small village called Pozieres. After five attempts to seize it, the British called in the Anzacs to complete this seemingly impossible task. At midnight on 23 July 1916, thousands of Australians stormed Pozieres. Forty-five days later they were relieved, having suffered 23,000 casualties to gain a few miles of barren landscape. Despite the toll, the operation was heralded as a stunning victory. Yet for the exhausted survivors, the war-weary public, and the families of the dead and maimed, victory came at a terrible cost. Drawing on the letters and diaries of the men who fought at Pozieres, this superb book reveals a battlefield drenched in chaos and fear. Bennett sheds light on the story behind the official history, re-creating the experiences of those men who fought in one of the largest and most devastating battles of the Great War and returned home, all too often, as shattered men.

The Battle Of Pozieres 1916

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Author : Meleah Hampton
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2018-07-05

The Battle Of Pozieres 1916 written by Meleah Hampton and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-05 with History categories.

The Battle of Pozières has reverberated throughout Australia’s military history, long regarded as a costly battle that produced little meaningful gain. Pozières was characterised by the most intense artillery bombardment the Australians had experienced in the war thus far and ‘the hell that was Pozières’ became the yardstick by which subsequent bombardments were measured. The 13th Battalion’s Frank Massey described men who became ‘blithering idiots … Crying and weeping and — absolutely useless as a fighting man.’ The object of the battle was Pozières Ridge, a low rise that offered a good view of the German positions. Heavily fortified, the ridge and the pulverised remains of the village were contested bitterly and, during its six-week campaign, 1st Anzac Corps advanced little more than two miles and suffered 23,000 casualties. Charles Bean wrote that ‘Australian troops … fell more thickly on this ridge than on any other battlefield of the war.’ However, the first phase of the campaign was very successful, securing the fortified ruins of Pozières and the German second line. But follow-up operations failed to capitalise and subsequent assaults merely nibbled away at enemy positions without making significant headway. Yet the Battle of Pozières marks a significant achievement not only for 1st Anzac Corps, but for the British Expeditionary Force. In a war in which any advance was hard won, the wresting of the high ground from the Germans was crucial. For the battered Allied forces, the capture of Pozières Ridge provided faint hope of an end to a catastrophic war.

Pozieres

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Author : Christopher Wray
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-15

Pozieres written by Christopher Wray and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-15 with History categories.

Christopher Wray explores the impact the battle of Pozières has had on Australia, and how it is remembered today.

Attack On The Somme

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Author : Meleah Hampton
language : en
Publisher: Wolverhampton Military Studies
Release Date : 2016

Attack On The Somme written by Meleah Hampton and has been published by Wolverhampton Military Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with History categories.

The Battle of Pozières Ridge lasted precisely six weeks. In that time the 1st Anzac Corps, in whose sector most of the fighting took place, advanced the British line just over a mile and a half in a northwesterly direction. During this period of time the three divisions of 1st Anzac Corps rotated in and out of the line twice, each time conducting one or more offensive operations against heavily defended German positions. At its conclusion, the fighting around Pozières and Mouquet Farm had yielded very modest territorial gains at an enormous casualty rate. Although a study of 1st Anzac Corps, Attack on the Somme is not history of Australian endeavor. The Australian Divisions slotted into the British Expeditionary Force on arrival to the Western Front, and fought under General Gough at Reserve Army. There was nothing particularly remarkable about the corps - some members had had some experience at Gallipoli, but the majority were new recruits. The events at Pozières in July and August 1916, too, were absolutely representative of the 'average day on the Somme' for the British. Unlike the ill-fated first day of the campaign, or big days like the night attacks of 14-15 July, most days on the Somme involved only a small percentage of the line engaged in fighting the enemy in a limited, set-piece attack - just like any day on Pozières Ridge. The one notable difference about the 1st Anzac Corps of 1916 is the sheer volume of records left of its time on Pozières Ridge. The Australian Official Historian, C.E.W. Bean, ensured as much documentation as possible was saved for posterity. Orders and messages survive which are, in almost all other cases, simply not available for other contemporary British or Dominion troops. What they reveal is a wide range of operational approaches at all levels of command, even down to company level. On some occasions they enable the identification of individuals critical in the maintenance of a precarious position. These documents also reveal the point at which diversity and innovation could not flourish with the influence of high command. The Australian memorial at the Windmill carries the words of Charles Bean, who said 'Australian troops... fell more thickly on this ridge than on any other battlefield of the war'. This study of the battle reveals that more often than not, this was an unnecessary waste of lives and resources for the most negligible of gains, if any gains were made at all.

Australians On The Somme Pozieres 1916

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Author : Peter Charlton
language : en
Publisher: Leo Cooper Books
Release Date : 1986

Australians On The Somme Pozieres 1916 written by Peter Charlton and has been published by Leo Cooper Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.

Pozieres

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000

Pozieres written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.

Australians On The Somme

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Author : Graham KEECH
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-06-01

Australians On The Somme written by Graham KEECH and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-01 with categories.

This edition of Pozieres joins over 140 published titles in the acclaimed Battleground series. These well written and highly illustrated guide books not only bring the battlefields alive for visitors but inform and entertain readers at home.

Pozieres 1916 Australians On The Somme

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Author : Peter Charlton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Pozieres 1916 Australians On The Somme written by Peter Charlton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with categories.

Pozi Res

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Author : Peter Charlton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986

Pozi Res written by Peter Charlton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Pozières (France) categories.