The Australian Imperial Force
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Author | : Jean Bou |
Publisher | : Melbourne Univ. Publishing |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2016-06-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0522868665 |
By 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.
Author | : Jean Bou |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780195576801 |
The Great War came at a terrible cost, be it in human, material or financial terms. For the young Commonwealth of Australia the raising, sending and maintenance of an expeditionary force that eventually totalled 330,000 men was a massive undertaking. This book examines the fruit of this endeavour, the Australian Imperial Force. In doing so it seeks to outline and analyse the institution from its inception to its disbandment after the war. The book considers the creation of the force, the way that it expanded, the organisation of its fighting units and formations, how it used its human resources, its command and its administration. It also draws on up-to-date statistical information drawn from the AIF Database, a database created as part of a long-term research project undertaken at the University of New South Wales Canberra (located at the Australian Defence Force Academy).
Author | : Phillip F. E. Schuler |
Publisher | : London, Unwin [1916] |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : Australia Army History |
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Author | : Henry Somer Gullett |
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Total Pages | : 1022 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Australia |
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Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Australia |
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Author | : Nathan Wise |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2014-09-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1137363983 |
Anzac Labour explores the horror, frustration and exhaustion surrounding working life in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. Based on letters and diaries of Australian soldiers, it traces the history of work and workplace cultures through Australia, the shores of Gallipoli, the fields of France and Belgium, and the Near East.
Author | : H. B. Collett |
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Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : Lieutenant Phillip Frederick Edward Schuler |
Publisher | : Library of Alexandria |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2020-09-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1465615903 |
Author | : Sir Henry Gullett |
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Total Pages | : 844 |
Release | : 1941 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : Kate Ariotti |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2017-08-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3319515209 |
This book contributes to the global turn in First World War studies by exploring Australians’ engagements with the conflict across varied boundaries and by situating Australian voices and perspectives within broader, more complex contexts. This diverse and multifaceted collection includes chapters on the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial Force, the experiences of prisoners of war, nurses and Red Cross workers, the resonances of overseas events for Australians at home, and the cultural legacies of the war through remembrance and representation. The local-global framework provides a fresh lens through which to view Australian connections with the Great War, demonstrating that there is still much to be said about this cataclysmic event in modern history.