The Battlefield of Imperishable Memory: Passchendaele and the Anzac Legend Haultain-Gall Matthew
The Battlefield of Imperishable Memory: Passchendaele and the Anzac Legend Haultain-Gall Matthew The Ypres salient 'was the favourite battle ground of the devil and his minions' wrote one returned…
Specifikacia The Battlefield of Imperishable Memory: Passchendaele and the Anzac Legend Haultain-Gall Matthew
The Battlefield of Imperishable Memory: Passchendaele and the Anzac Legend Haultain-Gall Matthew
The Ypres salient 'was the favourite battle ground of the devil and his minions' wrote one returned serviceman after the First World War. All five of the Australian Imperial Force's (AIF) infantry divisions were engaged in this bloody campaign. Few who fought in the infamous third battle of Ypres - now known as Passchendaele - in 1917 would have disagreed.
By the time the AIF withdrew, it had suffered over 38,000 casualties, including 10,000 dead, far outweighing Australian losses in any other Great War campaign. Despite early successes, their attacks floundered in front of the devastated Belgian village of Passchendaele when autumn rains drenched the battlefield, turning it into an immense quagmire. Given the extent of their sacrifices, the Australians' exploits in Belgium ought to be well known in a nation that has fervently commemorated its involvement in the First World War. Yet,
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