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'Sorry, lads, but the order is to go' : the August offensive, Gallipoli 1915 / David Cameron

'Sorry, lads, but the order is to go' : the August offensive, Gallipoli 1915 / David Cameron
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940.426/CAM
 War & Military   Harrington . On Loan . 24 Apr 2024
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ISBN 9781742230771
Shelf Location 940.426/CAM
Author Cameron, David Wayne, 1961-
Title 'Sorry, lads, but the order is to go' : : the August offensive, Gallipoli 1915 / / David Cameron
Place of publication Sydney : : University of New South Wales Press, , 2009.
Collation xiii, 370 pages., [16] pages. of plates : : illustrations ; ; 24 cm ;
General Note Includes index.
Abstract/Summary `A man was blown thirty feet into the air by a naval shell, his limbs out-spread, his whole body silhouetted against the sky. Yet another shell and the charred trunk of another man's body fell near us... One moment they were working their rifles like men possessed, and shouting defiance, and the next they lay crumpled up in the trench.' The plan for the August Offensive was one of the most complex and ambitious of the Gallipoli Campaign. It was a do-or-die effort on the part of the Allied forces to break the stalemate with the Turks and finally seize control of the Gallipoli peninsula. But it would turn out to be a long and costly battle. 'Sorry, Lads, But the Order is to Go' is the first book since Charles Bean's Official History to provide a narrative account of the August Offensive in detail. Through the use of letters, diaries and interviews from both Commonwealth and Turkish soldiers, David Cameron recreates the five days that defined the August Offensive, including the battles of Lone Pine, The Nek, Chunuk Bair, Hill Q and Hill 971. Not only do we gain access to the thoughts and experiences-sometimes the very last---of men who were on the frontlines, but also the devastating effects that poor leadership, treacherous terrain, scanty provisions and fatigued and depleted troops would have on the success of the offensive. While soldiers on both sides fought courageously, even in the face of certain death, the August Offensive continues to be a grim chapter in the Gallipoli story, one in which bodies and minds were shattered and lives senselessly lost.
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula
Gallipoli Peninsula (Turkey) -- History, Military -- 20th century
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