Pozieres: The Anzac Story

by Scott Bennett

In 1916, one million men fought in the first battle of the Somme. Victory hinged on their ability to capture a small village called Pozi res. After five attempts to seize it, the British called in the Anzacs to complete this seemingly impossible task. At midnight on 23 July 1916, thousands of Australians stormed Pozi res. Forty-five days later they were relieved, having suffered 23,000 casualties to gain a few miles of barren landscape. Despite the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1921844833
• ISBN13: 9781921844836
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Scribe Us
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.2"