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| Autore: |
Hart Peter <1955->
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| Titolo: |
Gallipoli [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Hart
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (561 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 940.426 |
| Soggetto topico: | World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Turkey - Gallipoli Peninsula |
| World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, Australian | |
| World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, New Zealand | |
| World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, British | |
| Classificazione: | 8 |
| Note generali: | "First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Profile Books"--T.p. verso. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Dodging the issue -- Navy in action -- Gathering of the forces -- Plans : countdown to disaster -- 25 April : landings at Anzac -- 25 April : landings at Helles -- 25 April : drama at V Beach -- 25 April : Kum Kale and diversions -- Anzac : the holding pen -- Helles : the real fight for Gallipoli -- Helles : writing on the wall -- New beginnings : Hamilton's plans -- August : Helles sacrifice -- August : Anzac, diversions, and breakout -- August : Suvla Bay landings -- 21 August 1915 : a useless gesture -- Should they stay or should they go? -- The beginning of the end -- Last rites at Helles -- Myths and legends -- Appendix A: A Gallipoli tour -- Appendix B: Glossary of military terms. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | One of the most famous battles in history, the WWI Gallipoli campaign began as a bold move by the British to capture Constantinople, but this definitive new history explains that from the initial landings--which ended with so much blood in the sea it could be seen from airplanes overhead--to the desperate attacks of early summer and the battle of attrition that followed, it was a tragic folly destined to fail from the start. Gallipoli forced the young Winston Churchill from office, established Turkey's iconic founder Mustafa Kemal (better known as ""Ataturk""), and marked Australia's emergence |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Gallipoli |
| ISBN: | 0-19-936127-4 |
| 1-84668-161-8 | |
| 1-84765-285-9 | |
| 1-283-26972-4 | |
| 9786613269720 | |
| 0-19-983687-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910651206503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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