Gardens of Hell Battles of the Gallipoli Campaign, 1915-1916 / Patrick Gariepy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gariepy, Patrick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Turkey--Gallipoli Peninsula.

World War, 1914-1918.

Gallipoli Peninsula (Turkey)--History, Military--20th century.

Gallipoli Peninsula (Turkey).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gardens of Hell examines the human side of one of the great tragedies of modern warfare, the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War. In February 1915, beginning with a naval attack on Turkey in the Dardanelles, a combined force of British, Australian, New Zealand, Indian, and French troops invaded the Gallipoli Peninsula only to face crushing losses and an ignominious retreat from what seemed a hopeless mission. Both sides in the battle suffered huge casualties, with a combined 127,000 servicemen killed during the action. Patrick Gariepy has pieced together the battle from combatantsÆ own w

Contents:

"A day which I shall not forget": the battle is joined

"The results were disastrous": forcing the Dardanelles

"Death on the eve of battle": the preparations

"My God it's all horrible": the landings of April 25, 1915: ANZAC

"This place was littered with dead from the boats": the landings of April 25, 1915: Helles

"Had we gone forward we should have been wiped out": the battles of April: Helles

"They died like gallant officers and gentlemen": the May battles

"A lot of our poor fellows were drowned": the war at sea

"We had the great experience to have a glimpse of Hell": the June battles

"There was no one left to fire": battles of August and the final offensives

"Not actually all the King's men": the battles of July 12 and August 12

"And all suffered severely": the great storm, November 27-28, 1915

"We have lost the game": evacuation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61234-684-7

OCLC:

878962111