| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 368 pages) |
| Contents |
"A day which I shall not forget": the battle is joined -- "The results were disastrous": forcing the Dardanelles -- "Death on the eve of battle": the preparations -- "My God it's all horrible": the landings of April 25, 1915: ANZAC -- "This place was littered with dead from the boats": the landings of April 25, 1915: Helles -- "Had we gone forward we should have been wiped out": the battles of April: Helles -- "They died like gallant officers and gentlemen": the May battles -- "A lot of our poor fellows were drowned": the war at sea -- "We had the great experience to have a glimpse of Hell": the June battles -- "There was no one left to fire": battles of August and the final offensives -- "Not actually all the King's men": the battles of July 12 and August 12 -- "And all suffered severely": the great storm, November 27-28, 1915 -- "We have lost the game": evacuation |
| Summary |
Gardens of Hell examines the human side of one of the great tragedies of modern warfare, the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War. In February 1915, beginning with a naval attack on Turkey in the Dardanelles, a combined force of British, Australian, New Zealand, Indian, and French troops invaded the Gallipoli Peninsula only to face crushing losses and an ignominious retreat from what seemed a hopeless mission. Both sides in the battle suffered huge casualties, with a combined 127,000 servicemen killed during the action. Patrick Gariepy has pieced together the battle from combatantsÆ own w |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-355) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- Turkey & Ottoman Empire.
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Military campaigns
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| SUBJECT |
Gallipoli Peninsula (Turkey) -- History, Military -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula
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| Genre/Form |
Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013050490 |
| ISBN |
9781612346847 |
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1612346847 |
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