ISBN10: 1740666844, ISBN13: 9781740666848, [publisher: Hardie Grant Books] Softcover Paperback. Very good condition. Unused shop stock. RB
[Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2008]
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ISBN10: 1740666844, ISBN13: 9781740666848, [publisher: Hardie Grant Books] Softcover Paperback. Very good condition. Unused shop stock. RB
[Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2008]
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Softcover . 🔴 Condition - Good🔴Australian buyers can combine up to 5Kg of Books for the same postage charge.🟢 This Book weighs 710 Grams.🟢 ** INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE(weight is over 500 grams) ** ISBN 1740666844 9781740666848 [AU]

Hardie Grant Books November 1, Date: 2008. 2008. Softcover. 8vo softcover 407pp very good. Index. In-text B&W photo's. Many of our First World War Diggers survived Gallipoli only to have their lives snuffed out in an ill-conceived attack in their first action on the Western Front on 19 July 1916.The Diggers were thrown against an entrenched German force outnumbering them two to one near the tiny French village of Fromelles. The result was the blackest night in Australian history. The Diggers suffered 5533 casualties, with almost 2000 killed. Amongst the dead were twelve sets of brothers and two of father and son. Against all odds, hundreds of Australians broke through the enemy lines, never to return. Their fate has been unknown for close to a century. As far as their families or the rest of the world knew, they simply disappeared into the mists of history. Until now. Fromelles is Australia’s worst military disaster, yet it barely rates a mention in our history books and the name is absent from our war memorials. Was there a cover-up? What happened to the missing Diggers? Why has it taken so long for action? Fromelles tells the real story of what one survivor called ‘the mystery battle of the AIF’. The book takes us behind the scenes, following the remarkable investigative work of a band of amateur historians - Greek-born Melbourne art teacher, Lambis Englezos, and Sydney solicitor, Chris Bryett - in ...

Prahran, Vic Hardie Grant Books 2008 First Edition Soft Cover Fine in None Issued jacket 500 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. On 19 July 1916 In The French Village Of Fromelles, Australia Suffered Its Worst Ever Military Disaster With More Diggers Killed In That One Night Than In The Boer, Korean And Vietnam Wars Combined.