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Informationen zum Autor Robert Fleming is an Australian historian working at the National Army Museum, London, and has spent many years researching the ANZAC involvement in World War I. MIKE CHAPPELL comes from an Aldershot family with British Army connections stretching back several generations. He enlisted as a teenage private in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1952 and retired in 1974, as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers), after seeing service in Malaya, Cyprus, Swaziland, Libya, Germany, Ulster and home garrisons. He began painting military subjects in 1968 and has gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator. Mike has written and illustrated many books for Osprey. Klappentext The importance of the Australian contribution to the Allied war effort during World War I should never be underestimated. Some 400,000 Australians volunteered for active duty, an astonishing 13 per cent of the entire (white) male population, a number so great that the Australian government was never forced to rely on conscription. Casualties were an astonishing 52 per cent of all those who served, ensuring that the effects of the war would be felt long after the armistice. In particular, their epic endeavour at Gallipoli in 1915 was the nation's founding legend, and the ANZACs went on to distinguish themselves both on the Western Front and in General Allenby's great cavalry campaign against the Turks in the Middle East. Their uniforms and insignia were also significantly different from those of the British Army and provide the basis for a unique set of artwork plates.A concise history of the remarkable contribution made by some 400,000 Australians to World War I from enlistment to the frontlines. Zusammenfassung The importance of the Australian contribution to the Allied war effort during World War I should never be underestimated. In particular, their epic endeavour at Gallipoli in 1915 was the nation's founding legend. This book deals with this topic. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the Australian Army in 1914 Chronology Raising and training expeditionary forces Organization - developing structure during World War I: Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force - Australian Imperial Force - Australian & New Zealand Army Corps - I & II ANZAC Corps - Australian Corps - AIF HQ & General Staff Campaigns: German New Guinea - Gallipoli - Egypt & Palestine - the Western Front - Uniforms, equipment, weapons and tactics: Infantry - Mounted Infantry - Artillery - Armour - Aircraft Legacy ...
