Five Weeks at Humanitas

Five Weeks at Humanitas

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Flame Tip

Fighting the Kaiserreich

Australia's epic within the Great War

$35.00
ISBN
9781925272789

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By Bruce Gaunson
Format Paperback / softback
Page Extent 550
Book Size 235 x 153 x 712 mm (H x W x D)
Imprint Hybrid Publishing
Release Date 4 Oct 2018
Subject Classification History / Military history / First World War
This book portrays a modern epic – of an army that sailed across the world to fight a war. Its struggle with the Kaiserreich (German empire) became the most formidable campaign Australian troops have ever fought. By the time Monash’s soldiers broke through the Hindenburg Line, their achievement and its cost were staggering.This epic was created by normal Australians,and is understandable to normal Australians. Here, you won’t need expertise in military terminology. But to appreciate the titanic conflict the Diggers had entered, you’ll find a clear picture of the Great War – its key issues and extraordinary events. It draws on the sources of thirteen countries to present as many good unknowns (women, men and fascinating situations) as it does big leaders, events, generals and battles. In debate it’s not shackled to old predictables, and while mindful of general readers, it relies throughout on sound scholarship. For good measure, it bombards a few fallacies and their well-overdue authors.