Gallipoli : a soldier's story / / Arthur Beecroft ; foreword by Andrew Roberts

• Autore: Beecroft Arthur
• Pubblicazione: London, [England] : , : Robert Hale, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.426092
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Turkey - Gallipoli Peninsula; World War, 1914-1918
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): RobertsAndrew
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Epigraph; Contents; Map of Suvla Bay area (August 1915); Foreword by Andrew Roberts; Preface; Introduction: The Reason Why; An Apology; 1: Training; 2: With the Division; 3: To an Unknown Destination; 4: Final Preparations; 5: The Landing at Suvla Bay; 6: The Dawn; 7: The Eighth of August; 8: On Snipers; 9: The Ninth and Tenth; 10: Out of the Line; Afterword: Some Psychological Aspects of War; Timeline of Key Events of the Gallipoli Campaign; Major Players; Glossary; Bibliography; Copyright
• Sommario/riassunto: <div>At the start of the First World War, Arthur Beecroft was a recently qualified barrister in his twenties. Determined to enlist despite a medical condition, he volunteered for military service, first as a regular soldier, then as a despatch rider. Offered a commission in the Royal Engineers, in 1915 he saw action at Gallipoli. Now a byword for catastrophic military disaster, the Gallipoli Campaign was the ill-conceived Allied invasion of the Dardanelles. The campaign stalled almost immediately, resulting in over half a million casualties on both sides. Lucky to survive, several years later
• Titolo autorizzato: Gallipoli
• ISBN: 0-7198-1795-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463470003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II