LEADER 03289nam 2200481z 450 001 9910965342303321 005 20230511171416.0 010 $a9780522868661 010 $a0522868665 035 $a(CKB)4100000007758664 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5676174 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31903804 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31903804 035 $a(OCoLC)1493612214 035 $a(Perlego)1881596 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007758664 100 $a20190317d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe AIF in battle $ehow the Australian Imperial Force fought, 1914-1918 /$feditor, Jean Bou 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCarlton, Vic. :$cMUP Academic Digital,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a9780522868654 311 08$a0522868657 327 $aIntro; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Editor's note and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; 1 Cavalry Combat: Mounted Warfare in Palestine; 2 The Battalion: The AIF Infantry Battalion and its Evolution; 3 Indirect Fire: The AIF's Artillery and Mortars on the Western Front; 4 The AIF's Commanders: Learning on the Job; 5 Over the Western Front: Air Power and the AIF; 6 Below Ground: The AIF's Mining Operations; 7 'Nightly Suicide Operations': Trench Raids and the Development of the AIF 8 From the Somme to the Salient: The AIF and its Battles, 1916-19179 'Backs to the Wall': Australians on the Western Front, January-June 1918; 10 The AIF and the Hundred Days: 'Orchestration' for Tactical Success in 1918; Appendix A: Infantry Battalion Organisation Diagrams; Appendix B: Artillery Organisation Diagrams; Index 330 $aBy the end of the First World War the combat formations of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in both France and the Middle East were considered among the British Empire's most effective troops. While sometimes a source of pride and not a little boasting, how the force came to be so was not due to any inherent national prowess or trait. Instead it was the culmination of years of training, organisational change, battlefield experimentation and hard-won experience;a process that included not just the Australians, but the wider British imperial armies as well. This book brings together some of Australia's foremost military historians to outline how the military neophytes that left Australia's shores in 1914 became the battle winning troops of 1918. It will trace the evolution of several of the key arms of the AIF, including the infantry, the light horse, the artillery, and the flying corps, and also consider how the various arms worked together alongside other troops of the British Empire to achieve a remarkably high level of battlefield effectiveness. 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xParticipation, Australian 607 $aAustralia$xHistory, Military$y1914-1918 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xParticipation, Australian. 676 $a940.40994 702 $aBou$b Jean 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965342303321 996 $aThe AIF in battle$94319428 997 $aUNINA