The War with Germany
The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Australia & New Zealand
- Date of Publication 24 December 2015
- ISBN 9780195576771
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages320 pages
- Size 248x185x26 mm
- Weight 864 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
The War With Germany examines the performance of the Australian Army in the two theatres where it confronted the German Army during the First World War: German New Guinea and the Western Front.
MoreLong description:
For most Australians the Great War begins with the Gallipoli dawn on 25 April 1915; few appreciate the significance of Australias first action that occurred seven months earlier on the island of New Britain to Australias near north. Nor did Australias war with Germany end with the Armistice in Europe on 11 November 1918 since it was nearly two months after the guns fell silent in France before a lone German officer emerged from the jungles of New Guinea to finally
surrender. Between those two pivotal events Australias soldiers fought in some of the most intense and protracted battles of the Great War. They ended the trial with a reputation of being among the finest soldiers produced by that conflict.
The War With Germany examines the performance of the Australian Army in the two theatres where it confronted the German Army during the First World War: German New Guinea and the Western Front. With a blend of narrative and theme the book charts the rise and fall of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force in the Pacific and the Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front.
Deeply researched and drawing on previously untapped primary sources and recent scholarship, this study adopts a fresh approach, rejecting unsubstantiated assumptions of natural Australian superiority. Rather it critically examines those traits that set Australias soldiers apart and those factors they shared in common with other soldiers. It concludes that Australias forces earned their reputation for battlefield virtuosity for characteristics that were neither innate nor unique. Instead they
only gradually and painfully became a great fighting force for the very same reasons that other contingents earned a place among the foremost ranks of the British Empires best.
worth the effort for anyone seeking an authoritative, nuanced account of the Australian war effort against Germany.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
1. Whose War?
2. An Urgent Imperial Service
3. The Australian Imperial Force
4. Cest la Guerre
5. Bad Boy of the Imperial Family
6. Triumph of the Limited Objective
7. An Australian Imperial Force
8. The Year of Victory
9. Some Reflections
Appendix 1: British Naval and Military Ranks
Appendix 2: British Military Organisations
Appendix 3: Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force and Australian Imperial Force Organisation
Appendix 4: Australian Imperial Force, Canadian Expeditionary Force and New Zealand Expeditionary Force Monthly Casualties on the Western Front
Bibliographical Essay
