Else Marie Friis Boeken

A lavishly illustrated account of the ANZACs involvement in the Western Front--complete with walking and driving tours of 28 battlefields With rare photographs and documents from the Australian War Memorial archive and extensive travel information, this is the most comprehensive guide to the battlefields of the Western Front on the market. Every chapter covers not just the battles, but the often larger-than-life personalities who took part in them. Following a chronological order from 1916 through 1918, the book leads readers through every major engagement the Australian and New Zealanders fought in and includes tactical considerations and extracts from the personal diaries of soldiers. This is the perfect book for anyone who wants to explore the battlefields of the Western Front, either in-person or from the comfort of home.

"The Western Front in France and Belgium was the decisive theatre of the Frist World War. It was there that Australia and New Zealand, fighting between 1916 and 1918 in often unspeakable conditions and at a terrible cost, made their greatest contribution to Germany's defeat. In so doing, they earned the esteem of the world. The experience helped to forge the identities of the two nations and the close relationship between them. With rare photographs and documents from the Australian War Memorial archive and extensive travel information, ANZACS on the Western Front is the most comprehensive guide to the battlefields of the Western Front. The book covers not just the battles, but the often larger-than-life personalities who took part in them. Following a chronological order from 1916 through 1918, the book will lead you through every major engagement the Australian and New Zealanders fought in and includes tactical considerations and extracts from the personal diaries of soldiers"--Back cover

Villers-Bretonneux was the key to the strategically important communications centre of Amiens, a principal objective of the German offensive that began in March 1918. This story tells how the initiative fell to brigade and battalion commanders and how units were hastily cobbled together to stem the German tide.