TheAustralianArmyinWorldWarI
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- 出版社 OspreyPublishing
- 出版时间 2012年6月
- ISBN 9781849086325
- 定价 277.60
内容简介
TheAustraliancontributiontotheAlliedwareffortduringWorldWarIisworthyofcelebration.Some400,000Australiansvolunteeredforactiveduty,anastonishing13percentoftheentire(white)malepopulation,anumbersogreatthattheAustraliangovernmentwasneverforcedtorelyonconscription.Casualtieswereanastonishing52percentofallthosewhoserved,ensuringthattheeffectsofthewarwouldbefeltlongafterthearmistice.Inparticular,theirepicendeavoursatGallipoliin1915becamethenation'sfoundinglegend,andtheANZACswentontodistinguishthemselvesbothontheWesternFront,andinGeneralAllenby'sgreatcavalrycampaignagainsttheTurksintheMiddleEast.TheiruniformsandinsigniawerealsosignificantlydifferentfromthoseoftheBritishArmyandwillprovidetheinspirationforauniquesetofartworkplates.
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