The Australian Army in World War I

by Robert Fleming, Mike Chappell (Illustrator)

Overview

The importance of the Australian contribution to the Allied war effort during World War I should never be underestimated. Some 400,000 Australians volunteered for active duty, an astonishing 13 per cent of the entire (white) male population, a number so great that the Australian government was never forced to rely on conscription. Casualties were an astonishing 52 per cent of all those who served, ensuring that the effects of the war would be felt long after the armistice. In particular, their epic endeavour at Gallipoli in 1915 was the nation's founding legend, and the ANZACs went on to distinguish themselves both on the Western Front and in General Allenby's great cavalry campaign against the Turks in the Middle East. Their uniforms and insignia were also significantly different from those of the British Army and provide the basis for a unique set of artwork plates.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780964577
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	06/20/2012
Series:	Men-at-Arms , #478
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

An Australian historian working at the National Army Museum, London, Robert Fleming has spent many years researching the ANZAC involvement in World War I.
MIKE CHAPPELL comes from an Aldershot family with British Army connections stretching back several generations. He enlisted as a teenage private in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1952 and retired in 1974, as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers), after seeing service in Malaya, Cyprus, Swaziland, Libya, Germany, Ulster and home garrisons. He began painting military subjects in 1968 and has gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator. Mike has written and illustrated many books for Osprey.

Table of Contents

Introduction 3

Organization 4

Background and preparation

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force

Australian & New Zealand Army Corps - I & II ANZAC Corps - Australian Corps - Desert Column and Desert Mounted Corps - Imperial Camel Corps

Australian Flying Corps

Campaigns 10

German New Guinea, 1914

Gallipoli, 1915

The Middle East, 1915-18: Egypt, Sinai & Palestine

The Western Front: 1916 - the Somme; 1917 - Bullecourt, Messines and Passchendeaele; 1918 - Ypres, Villers-Bretonneux, Hamel, Amiens, Mont St Quentin, the Hindenburg Line

Legacy 40

Further Reading 42

Plate Commentaries 43

Uniforms, insignia and equipment

Index 48

Editorial Reviews

Thanks to the excellent choice of period photographs and those done specifically for the book, we get an idea of how these men were dressed and outfitted. This all makes yet another great addition to the superb library of Osprey titles and one you can purchase with confidence.” —Scott Van Aken, Modeling Madness

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