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Pozières: Echoes of a Distant Battle

Pozières: Echoes of a Distant Battle

Wray, Christopher

Hardcover

Series: Australian Army History

Australia & OceaniaWorld War I

ISBN10: 1107093481
ISBN13: 9781107093485
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jan 15 2015
Pages: 258
Weight: 1.10
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
From July to September 1916, some 23,000 Australians were killed or wounded in the battle of Pozières. It was the first major engagement by Australian soldiers on the Western Front and its casualties exceeded those of any other battle during the First World War, including Gallipoli. In this important book, Christopher Wray explores the impact Pozières had on Australian society and history, and how it is remembered today. In the opening chapters he revisits the battle and considers its aftermath, including shell shock and the psychological effects experienced by surviving soldiers. The concluding chapters examine how the battle has been memorialised in literature and art, and the extent to which it has been overlooked in contemporary remembrance of the war. Generously illustrated with photographs, maps and paintings, Pozières: Echoes of a distant battle is essential reading for anyone interested in the First World War and Australia's post-war society.

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