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Book Synopsis German Anzacs and the First World War by : John Williams
Download or read book German Anzacs and the First World War written by John Williams and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1914, Australia's German immigrants were well-regarded in their communities and made up (after Irish and Scots) the fourth-largest white ethnic community in Australia. This history traces the experience of the immigrants who enlisted for service in World War I and the difficulties they faced.
Download or read book The Great War written by Robert Cowley and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2004 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great war—or the First World War, as most Americans call it—was the true turning point of the century just past. It brought down dynasties and empires, including the Ottoman—one of the roots of our present difficulties. It changed the United States from a bumptious provincial nation into a world power. It made World War II inevitable, and the Cold War as well. Above all, the Great War was history’s first total war, an armed conflict on a world stage between industrialized powers. Robert Cowley has brought together the thirty articles in this book to examine that unnecessary but perhaps inevitable war in its diverse aspects. A number of the subjects covered here are not just unfamiliar but totally fresh. Who originated the term “no-man’s-land” and the word “tank”? What forgotten battles nearly destroyed the French Army in 1915? How did the discovery of a German naval codebook bring the United States into the war? What was the weapon that, for the first time, put a man-made object into the stratosphere? The Great War takes a hard look at the legend of the “Massacre of the Innocents” at Ypres in 1914—an event that became a cornerstone of Nazi mythology. It describes the Gallipoli campaign as it has never been described before—from the Turkish side. Brought to life as well are the horrors of naval warfare, as both British and German sailors experienced them at the Battle of Jutl∧ the near breakdown of the American commander, John H. Pershing; and the rarely told story of the British disaster on the Tigris River in what is now Iraq. Michael Howard chronicles the summer of 1914 and the descent into a war that leaders were actually more afraid to avoid than to join. John Keegan writes about the muddy tragedy of Passchendaele in 1917. Jan Morris details the rise and fall of Sir John Fisher, whom she characterizes as the greatest British admiral since Nelson. Robert Cowley tells the haunting story of the artist Käthe Kollwitz, determined to create a memorial to her dead son. In every way this is a book that does justice to the drama and complexity of the twentieth century’s seminal event. From the Hardcover edition.
Download or read book Creforce written by Stella Tzobanakis and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first parachute drop of World War II, the Germans invaded Crete on 20 May, 1941. Australian, New Zealand and British troops, alongside Greek soldiers and the people of Crete, formed a crucial bond as they defended the tiny island.
Download or read book The Broken Years written by Bill Gammage and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published by the Australian National University Press in 1974, this is a reprint of the Penguin edition published in 1975. A study based on the diaries and letters of approximately 1000 Australians who fought as front line soldiers in the Great War (1914-1918) and who contributed to the ANZAC Legend. It attempts to show how and why the war affected the fighting men and in turn the attitudes and ideas of Australia as a nation. Includes a bibliography, name index and general index. The author is a lecturer in Australian history at the Adelaide University. His books include TAn Australian in World War One' and TNarrandera Shire'. He was adviser to Peter Weir's film TGallipoli'.
Book Synopsis ANZACS by : Matt Anderson (Captain.)
Download or read book ANZACS written by Matt Anderson (Captain.) and published by . This book was released on 1995* with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Taking the Ridge by : Jeffrey McNeill
Download or read book Taking the Ridge written by Jeffrey McNeill and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mutiny on the Western Front by : Greg Raffin
Download or read book Mutiny on the Western Front written by Greg Raffin and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 21 September 1918, with retreating German forces on their last legs, the 1st Battalion of the AIF was ordered to return to the front just as they were being relieved and preparing for a well-earnt rest. It wasn't just the Germans who were on their last legs; the Australians were depleted and exhausted. In what was the largest such instance of mass 'combat refusal' in the AIF's history, the men of one company in the 1st Battalion defied the order. The 'mutiny' spread to other companies, and when the battalion did eventually comply with the order, over 100 men were absent. The circumstances surrounding this mutiny have long been a matter of embarrassment for the AIF, and of fascination for military historians. While historians have approached the issue in purely military terms - the men as soldiers, over-extended service, rates of wounding, promotions, and so on - this book approaches these 100 plus men as human beings. Mutiny on the Western Front traces how these events played out in the context of the exhausting demands placed upon a unit that had seen practically continuous front-line action for weeks, if not months, in the war's final, decisive stages. Author Greg Raffin considers what happens to men's hearts and minds in the course of a prolonged conflict like the Great War. This story, which will surprise readers - is not just about a group of exhausted and war weary Australian soldiers in 1918, it is a story about humanity in war: about what men do in war, and what war does to men.
Book Synopsis Australians and the First World War by : Kate Ariotti
Download or read book Australians and the First World War written by Kate Ariotti and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contributes to the global turn in First World War studies by exploring Australians’ engagements with the conflict across varied boundaries and by situating Australian voices and perspectives within broader, more complex contexts. This diverse and multifaceted collection includes chapters on the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial Force, the experiences of prisoners of war, nurses and Red Cross workers, the resonances of overseas events for Australians at home, and the cultural legacies of the war through remembrance and representation. The local-global framework provides a fresh lens through which to view Australian connections with the Great War, demonstrating that there is still much to be said about this cataclysmic event in modern history.
Book Synopsis The Germans in Australia by : Jurgen Tampke
Download or read book The Germans in Australia written by Jurgen Tampke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His books includes Czech-German Relations and the Politics of Central Europe (2002).
Book Synopsis Anzacs, the Media and the Great War by : John Frank Williams
Download or read book Anzacs, the Media and the Great War written by John Frank Williams and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian and photographer Williams (Germanic studies, U. of New South Wales) looks at how the media during World War I glorified the prowess and exaggerated the successes of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp as part of the country's war effort, and how later historians and the public have mistaken the propaganda for journalism. US distribution by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis Endurance and the First World War by : David Monger
Download or read book Endurance and the First World War written by David Monger and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Endurance was an inherent part of the First World War. The chapters in this collection explore the concept in New Zealand and Australia. Researchers from a range of backgrounds and disciplines address what it meant for New Zealanders and Australians to endure the First World War, and how the war endured through the Twentieth Century. Soldiers and civilians alike endured hardship, discomfort, fears and anxieties during the war. Officials and organisations faced unprecedented demands on their time and resources, while Maori, Australian Aborigines, Anglo-Indian New Zealanders and children sought their own ways to contribute and be acknowledged. Family-members in Australia and New Zealand endured uncertainty about their loved ones’ fates on distant shores. Once the war ended, different forms of endurance emerged as responses, memories, myths and memorials quickly took shape and influenced the ways in which New Zealanders and Australians understood the conflict. The collection is divided into the themes of Institutional Endurance, Home Front Endurance, Battlefield Endurance, Race and Endurance, and Memorials.
Download or read book Anzac Labour written by Nathan Wise and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anzac Labour explores the horror, frustration and exhaustion surrounding working life in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. Based on letters and diaries of Australian soldiers, it traces the history of work and workplace cultures through Australia, the shores of Gallipoli, the fields of France and Belgium, and the Near East.
Book Synopsis The Anzacs by : Peter Andreas Pedersen
Download or read book The Anzacs written by Peter Andreas Pedersen and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1918 on the Western Front. At no other time has Australia so influenced the course of world history. In the worst crisis of World War I the Germans had a cut a wide swathe through the British line. The Australians knew their hour had come. 'Fini retreat', they boldly announced as they marched to a halt the Germans at Amiens. Then it was their turn to advance, driving the enemy remorselessly before them, as the shock troops of the British Army. This important book traces the evolution of the Australian Imperial Force from the enthusiastic amateurs of Gallipoli to the skilled warriors of the Western Front, where fighting in conditions of unspeakable horror and brutality they won their legendary reputation as 'the best infantrymen of the war and perhaps of all time'. By war's end the Australian Corps - a mere 9 per cent of the total British force - accounted for 22 per cent of total captures- a massive, and disproportionate, contribution to victory. Combining detailed battle narratives with soldiers' accounts, Peter Pedersen moves from Gallipoli through Palestine to the Western Front, graphically re-creating the campaigns of a war in which over 200 000 Australians - two out of every three combatants - were killed or wounded. Including the New Zealanders at every stage, he also covers the war in the air and at sea, in dressing posts and hospitals, and on a home front devastated by casualty rates and riven over conscription. Illustrated with over 300 photographs and artworks, this epic work recalls to memory the forgotten heroes, and the bloody campaigns, of a war that brought glory to the Australian nation but tragedy to every Australian family.
Book Synopsis Communication, Interpreting and Language in Wartime by : Amanda Laugesen
Download or read book Communication, Interpreting and Language in Wartime written by Amanda Laugesen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book provides a multi-disciplinary approach to the topics of translation and cross-cultural communication in times of war and conflict. It examines the historical and contemporary experiences of interpreters in war and in war crimes trials, as well as considering policy issues in communication difficulties in war-related contexts. The range of perspectives incorporated in this volume will appeal to scholars, practitioners and policy-makers, particularly in the fields of translating and interpreting, conflict and war studies, and military history.
Book Synopsis Surviving the Great War by : Aaron Pegram
Download or read book Surviving the Great War written by Aaron Pegram and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surviving the Great War is the first detailed analysis of Australians in German captivity in WW1. By placing the hardships of prisoners of war in a broader social and military content, this book adds a new dimension to the national wartime experience and challenges popular representations of Australia's involvement in the First World War.
Download or read book Anzac and Empire written by John Connor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-11 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story behind the man central to how Australia planned for, and fought in, WWI.
Book Synopsis Secularisation in Australian Education since 1910 by : Clarissa Carden
Download or read book Secularisation in Australian Education since 1910 written by Clarissa Carden and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining an overview of the interdisciplinary literature with original case studies, this volume examines Australian education through the lens of secularisation, from 1910 to the present, questioning the nature of “secular settlements” and the role of Christianity in Australian schools.
