VCs of the First World War: Gallipoli - Tapa blanda

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Snelling, Stephen

 
9780752456539: VCs of the First World War: Gallipoli
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ISBN 10: 0752456539 ISBN 13: 9780752456539
Editorial: The History Press, 2010

Sinopsis

The landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 25 April 1915 represented the greatest amphibious operation carried out during the course of the First World War. What had initially been a purely naval enterprise had escalated to become a full-scale Anglo-French invasion, resulting in an eight-month campaign which Churchill hoped would knock Turkey out of the war. For a campaign that promised so much, it ultimately became a tragedy of lost opportunities. By January 1916, when the last men were taken off the peninsula, the casualties totalled 205,000. This book tells the stories of the 39 men whose bravery on the battlefield was rewarded by the Victoria Cross, among them the war’s first Australian VC, first New Zealand VC, and first Royal Marine VC. It represents the highest number of VCs won in a theatre of war, other than the Western Front.

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Acerca del autor

Stephen Snelling is a freelance writer who lives near Norwich, he has written two other titles in the VCs of the First World War series: Naval VCs and Passchendaele. Stephen is a member of the Gallipoli Association.

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Editorial
The History Press
Año de publicación
2010
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0752456539
ISBN 13 
9780752456539
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
304
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9780750905664: Gallipoli (VCs of the First World War)

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ISBN 10:  0750905662 ISBN 13:  9780750905664
Editorial: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1995
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