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Description for Gallipoli
Paperback. An account of an epic tragedy, the battle of Gallipoli. It explains that from the initial landings - which ended with so much blood in the sea it could be seen from aircraft overhead - to the desperate attacks of early summer and the battle of attrition that followed, it was a lunacy that was never going to succeed. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 466.
'The scene was tragically macabre: the image of desolation, the flames spared nothing. As for our young men, a few minutes ago, so alert, so self-confident, all now lying dead on the bare deck, blackened burned skeletons, twisted in all directions, no trace of any clothing, the fire having devoured all.' Vice Admiral P. E. Guéprette recalls the damage to the French ship Suffen during a naval battle in 1915. One of the most famous battles in history, Gallipoli forced Churchill from office, established Turkey's iconic founder Mustafa Kemal ('Ataturk') and marked Australia's emergence as a nation in its ... Read more
'The scene was tragically macabre: the image of desolation, the flames spared nothing. As for our young men, a few minutes ago, so alert, so self-confident, all now lying dead on the bare deck, blackened burned skeletons, twisted in all directions, no trace of any clothing, the fire having devoured all.' Vice Admiral P. E. Guéprette recalls the damage to the French ship Suffen during a naval battle in 1915. One of the most famous battles in history, Gallipoli forced Churchill from office, established Turkey's iconic founder Mustafa Kemal ('Ataturk') and marked Australia's emergence as a nation in its ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846681615
SKU
V9781846681615
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Ref
99-99
About Peter Hart
Peter Hart is the oral historian at the Imperial War Museum and has written several titles on the First World War. His latest books for Profile are Gallipoli, The Great War and Voices from the Front.
Reviews for Gallipoli
A marvellous book ... vivid and compelling
Economist
All good history books should be an assault on myth, and in Gallipoli Peter Hart mounts a supremely effective attack
Mail on Sunday
An impressive and timely reminder of the futility of war
Morning Star
[A] stirring account
Irish Examiner
Superb... a serious and ... Read more
Economist
All good history books should be an assault on myth, and in Gallipoli Peter Hart mounts a supremely effective attack
Mail on Sunday
An impressive and timely reminder of the futility of war
Morning Star
[A] stirring account
Irish Examiner
Superb... a serious and ... Read more