Australia At War 20 Illustrations About Soldiers Lives At The Somme And Ypres

Author : Will Dyson
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 8828327464
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book AUSTRALIA AT WAR - 20 Illustrations about soldiers lives at the Somme and Ypres written by Will Dyson and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-13 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herein are 20 illustrations made during the winters at Ypres and on the Somme by Will Dyson, even though he was wounded in their making. Dyson (1880 – 1938) the official illustrator for the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). They reflect the misery and the depression of the material conditions of these campaigns than it does any of the soldiers exaltations or the typical cheerfulness which accompanied the Anzacs. It is always difficult for a creative person, like an artist, to remain positive when faced with the horrors of war, but especially the horrors that WWI, the first modern war, brought. However, it is the soul rather than the body that he has drawn here, drawn out in long fantastic lines. In any case the lightest, wildest or even crudest sketch scratched down by Dyson has always had more of the true grip of gravity than the whole of the Royal Academy. Indeed there is something significant in all that white light and sharp shadow which belongs to such dramatic scenes, and is so favourable to the art of black and white. There is even something of allegory in that awful and empty daylight in which armies live, so often without a stick of roof or a rag of curtain. All the soldiers in a great war are historical characters; but these are rather specially standing, not against court or camp, but only against the sky. They are under a light which will indeed prove eternal; even as compared with other historic groups their contribution has been written into the annals of history and will continue to be known forevermore. 10% of the net sale will be donated to charities by the publisher. ============== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Australia at War, Will Dyson, World War One, World War 1, World War I, WWI, WW1, official, illustrations, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, twenty, 20, Australian, ANZAC, New Zealand, Kiwi, Okker, Aussie, Bringing Up The Stew, Report, Battery, Dead Beat, The Cook, Group, Looking For, Battalion, Mate, Tunnellers, Under, German Territory, Coming Out, The Somme, Ypres, Battle of, Labour Battalion Man, Back, Waggon Lines, Polygon Wood, Delville Wood, Lightly Wounded, Menin Road, Dressing Station, Stretcher-Bearers, Martinpuich, Peronne, Waiting For The Stew, food, hot, In The Tunnel, Hill 60, Fatalist, Outside, Pill Box, Hanging About, Down, The Ridge, France, Flanders, fields, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France

Author : Lowell Thomas
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 883539435X
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book WITH LAWRENCE IN ARABIA - The Recorded Adventures of T.E. Lawrence in Arabia written by Lowell Thomas and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herein are the facts of the story of T.E. Lawrence and his adventures and achievement in Arabia, collated by Lowell Thomas (April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981) and his cameraman Harry Chase who traveled with T E Lawrence during 1917 and 1918. In Thomas’ own words: “To do this I must turn back the pages of time to the days when, accompanied by my photographic colleague, Mr. Harry A. Chase, and two other assistants, I left America to gather information and secure a pictorial record of the various phases of the struggle that was then in progress all the way from the North Sea to far-off Arabia. We had set forth early in 1917 and were expected to return at the end of a year or so to help in the work of stimulating enthusiasm for the Allied cause. First we went to the Western Front, but the trenches had little to inspire the American public. We then went to Italy where he heard of General Allenby's campaign against the Ottoman Empire in Palestine. We travelled to Palestine as an accredited war correspondent, where in late 1917 we met Capt. T. E. Lawrence in Jerusalem. It is from this point on I began to collect the pieces of the story of Allenby’s conquest of the Holy Land, and the hitherto unknown story of Lawrence and the war in the Land of the Arabian Nights, which was later dramatised in the film “Lawrence of Arabia.” During the time that Mr. Chase and I were in Arabia, I found it impossible to extract information from Lawrence himself regarding his own achievements. He insisted on giving the entire credit to Emir Feisal and other Arab leaders, and to his fellow-adventurers, Colonel Wilson, of the Sudan, Newcombe, Joyce, Dawney, Bassett, Vickery, Cornwallis, Hogarth, Stirling, etc., all of whom did magnificent work in Arabia. So to them I went for much of my material, and I am indebted to various members of this group of brilliant men whom General Clayton used in his Near Eastern Secret Corps. Eager to tell me of the achievements of their quiet, scholarly companion, they refused to say much about themselves, although their own deeds rivaled those of the heroes of “The Arabian Nights.” However, there are others infinitely better qualified than I to give the world a full account of the Arabian Revolution. But it is to Lawrence himself that we must look for the inside story of the war in the Land of the Arabian Nights. 10% of the profit from this book will be donated to charities. Yesterday’s Books for Today’s Charities. =============== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Lawrence of Arabia, Action and adventure, Allenby, Arabia, Bassett, campaign, Captain, Harry Chase, Clayton, Colonel T. E. Lawrence, Cornwallis, Dawney, Eastern, Emir, Empire, Feisal, film, General, heroes, Italy, Jerusalem, Joyce, Lowell Thomas, nitroglycerine, Palestine, Revolution, Sudan, train, travel, trenches, tulips, Turkish, world war 1, Arabian Knights, Lost Civilizations, Archaeologist, Soldier, Cult, Blood of Mohammed, Jeddah, Mecca, Desert Tribes, Battles, Abu El Lissal, Capture, King Solomon, Ancient Seaport, Red Sea, Seil El Hasa, Train-Wrecker, Milk of War, Auda Abu Tayi, Bedouin, Black Tents, Camel, Abdullah the Pock-Marked, Ferraj and Daoud, Eye for an Eye, Tooth for a Tooth, Rose-Red City, Half as Old as Time, Bedouin Battle, City of Ghosts Enemy Lines, Disguise, Hoax, Trojan Horse, Cavalry, Naval Engagement, Last Great Raid, Ottoman Empire , Damascus, Treachery, Secret Corps, Joyce & Co, Knights of the Air, Battle of Paris, Escape Death, Feisal and Hussein, Flee, London, King in Bagdad, Secret of Success

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ISBN 13 : 9781983066184
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australia at War written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-03 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "AUSTRALIA AT WAR", with over twenty original illustrations, is an account of an Australian soldier during World War 1. This book is considered historically significant.

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ISBN 13 : 9781718131934
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australia at War written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-12 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This selection of drawings, made during the winters at Ypres and on the Somme reflects more the misery and the depression of the material conditions of these campaigns than it does any of their exaltations or their cheerfulnesses.Here and now--here on the new Somme and now when Spring is about us in a land upon which War has not had time to fully wreak his wicked will--these two latter qualities are dominant. In the spirit of Dernancourt and of Villers-Bretonneux the selection made from my drawings may seem to overstress this winter note. They are not primarily cheerful--but it is open to doubt whether we are behaving generously in demanding that the soldier who is saving the world for us should provide us with a fund of light entertainment while doing it.The truth is that War has many moods and nothing more is hoped than that the selection made from my drawings and my notes may record something of the one of its moods to which I was temperamentally most attuned during those bad seasons on the Somme and at Ypres.

Author : Will Dyson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australia at War written by Will Dyson and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Westerman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1922265837
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clash of the Gods of War written by William Westerman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great War confronted Australia’s fledgling field and garrison artillery forces with a seemingly insurmountable challenge: to rapidly raise, prepare, deploy and engage in history’s most lethal war to date. By 1915, the Australian artillery entered into a bloody contest of learning and adaptation against resourceful and resolute opponents, where the stakes would be measured in thousands of soldiers’ lives. Far from popularly-held views of the Great War as one of stalemate and stagnation, Clash of the Gods of War: Australian Artillery and the Firepower Lessons of the Great War reveals a dynamic and rapidly evolving battle-scape, as artillery planners on each side sought to combine innovative concepts, technology and tactics into victory. The book draws on an unparalleled array of perspectives on artillery and firepower, presented by Australian and international experts and practitioners over four years during the Firepower: Lessons from the Great War seminar series, commemorating the Centenary of Anzac. From Anzac Cove to the Hindenburg Line, Clash of the Gods of War tells a gripping Australian story of the Great War through the lens of artillery – the most lethal and influential arm of the war – and considers the legacy that its evolutionary journey holds for warfare today.

Author : Tim Cook
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1526714639
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eyewitnesses at the Somme written by Tim Cook and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1915, news of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landing and the slaughter at Gallipoli stirred tens of thousands of young men to go to war.They answered the call and formed battalions of the Australian Imperial Force. By the time the new recruits were combat ready, the campaign at Gallipoli had ended. Their battlefields became the muddy paddocks of France and Belgium.Based on eyewitness account, Eyewitnesses at the Somme traces the story of one of these battalions, the 55th, from its birth in the dusty camps of Egypt through three years of brutal, bloody conflict on the bitter western front.When the Great War ended in 1918, over 500 of the 3,000 men who served in the 55th had been slain and another 1,000 wounded. Eyewitnesses at the Somme, shares personal stories of Australian men as they stared down the horrors of war with determination, courage and comradeship. With chapters devoted to the significant battles at Fromelles, Doignies, Polygon Wood, Pronne and Bellicourt, this book tells the story of one battalion, but in doing so it encapsulates the experiences of many Australians on the Western Front.

Author : Peter Francis Kenny
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1503505847
Total Pages : 1230 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Who Proudly Served written by Peter Francis Kenny and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-05-27 with total page 1230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Australia is only a young country in comparison to other nations, it can hold its head up high and proudly proclaim that it is one of the giants in this world of toil and trouble in which we live. When the odds are stacked against Australians, they dont turn and run; instead, they stand and fight and overcome the obstacles that face them. The contents of this volume are a tribute to all the men and women of this proud and great country, who have come from all walks of life to give of their time, and unfortunately, some have even given their lives, to defend this great land and keep it free. There have been politicians, doctors, nurses, police officers, average everyday citizens, musicians, actors, artists, farmers, graziers, authors, sportsmen and women, journalists, and a host of others who have taken up the cause for their country and the monarchy, serving from the Crimean to the war in Vietnam and beyond. Their heroic deeds and their many sacrifices have ensured that todays generation can rest easier, proud in the knowledge that these servicemen and women have paved the way for our freedom. Now they come together once again as one big family to shed an insight on their achievements so that you can fully understand and appreciate what they have and had experienced. I dedicate this work to the memory of all those who have made the supreme sacrifice in order that we may live in peace and prosperity and also to the families of those who did not return. The book is not a glorification of war but a glorification of the individual and his or her actions and deeds.

Author : Geoff Dyer
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307742970
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Missing of the Somme written by Geoff Dyer and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Missing of the Somme is part travelogue, part meditation on remembrance—and completely, unabashedly, unlike any other book about the First World War. Through visits to battlefields and memorials, Geoff Dyer examines the way that photographs and film, poetry and prose determined—sometimes in advance of the events described—the way we would think about and remember the war. With his characteristic originality and insight, Dyer untangles and reconstructs the network of myth and memory that illuminates our understanding of, and relationship to, the Great War.

Author : Stewart Ross
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 13 : 9780739854792
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle of the Somme written by Stewart Ross and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2004 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the Battle of the Somme in July 1916, which cost the Allies fifty-eight thousand troops on the first day of fighting; and provides a short account of the Second Battle of the Somme in 1918.