| ISBN |
9780731812059 |
| Name |
King, Jonathan, 1942- |
| Title |
Gallipoli diaries : the Anzac's own story day by day Jonathan King. |
| Published |
East Roseville, N.S.W. : Kangaroo Press, 200. |
| Description |
xii, 306 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 29 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes index. |
| Note |
Bibliography: p. 264-273. |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface: Listening to the Anzacs vii -- Acknowledgements xi -- Introduction: Into the Firing Line - At Last 1 -- Prologue: Anzac Eve, 24 April 1915 13 -- CHAPTER 1: 25 April - The Landing 23 -- CHAPTER 2: 26-30 April - The Morning After 43 -- CHAPTER 3: May - Burying the Dead 55 -- CHAPTER 4: June - All Hell Breaks Loose at Helles 83 -- CHAPTER 5: July - Talk of Mutiny 109 -- CHAPTER 6: August - Sending Lambs to Slaughter -- at Lone Pine & the Nek 133 -- CHAPTER 7: September - Murdoch Exposes the Disaster 161 -- CHAPTER 8: October - Trading Tucker with the Turks 187 -- CHAPTER 9: November - Lord Kitchener Calls on the Boys 215 -- CHAPTER 10: December - Retreating with Honour 237 -- References 264 -- Appendix 1: Army Ranks, Abbreviations and Glossary 274 -- Appendix 2: Gallipoli Timeline 277 -- Appendix 3: Who Was Who 280 -- Appendix 4: The Roll of Honour 283 -- Index 303. |
| Summary |
For the first time the full story of what happened at Gallipoli is told in the words of the soldiers fighting in the trenches. Starting with the landing right up until the last day of the campaign, this is a daily account in the world of the Gallipoli soldier taken from letters and diaries of the men who fought. |
| Subjects |
Australia. -- Army. -- Australian and New Zealand Army Corps -- History |
| Great Britain. -- Army. -- Australian and New Zealand Army Corps -- History |
| Great Britain. -- Army. -- Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
| World War, 1914-1918 |
| World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula -- Personal narratives, Australian. |
| Soldiers -- Australia -- Diaries |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula -- Chronology |
| Military campaigns |
| Soldiers |
| Australia |
| Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula |
| Genre |
Chronology |
| Diaries |
| History |
| Personal narratives -- Australian |
| Added Names |
King, Jonathan, 1942- |
| Internet Site |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy045/2004401975.html |
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