Bibliograph

At any price, the Anzacs in the Battle of Messines 1917, Craig Deayton

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At any price, the Anzacs in the Battle of Messines 1917, Craig Deayton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

At any price

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Craig Deayton

Sub title

the Anzacs in the Battle of Messines 1917

Summary

"The enemy must not get the Messines Ridge at any price". So read the orders to German troops defending the vital high ground south of Ypres. On 7 June 1917, the British Second Army launched its attack with an opening like no other. In the largest secret operation of the First World War, British and Commonwealth mining companies placed over a million pounds of explosive beneath the German front-line positions in 19 giant mines which erupted like a volcano. This was just the beginning. By the end of that brilliant summer's day, one of the strongest positions on the Western Front had fallen in the greatest British victory in three long years of war. For the Anzacs, who comprised one third of the triumphant Second Army, it was their most significant achievement to that point

Target audience

adult

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