Download or read book Official History of New Zealand s Effort in the Great War Powles C G The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine written by Charles Guy Powles and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine written by Charles Guy Powles and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine from Material Compiled by Major A Wilkie written by Charles Guy Colonel Powles and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Official History of New Zealand s Effort in the Great War Drew H T B The war effort of New Zealand written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Battle for Palestine 1917 written by John D. Grainger and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Allied victory in the Holy Land, far from the carnage of the Western Front but a crucial, morale-boosting success under the aggressive and forward-thinking General Allenby. Three battles for the control of the key fortress-city of Gaza took place in 1917 between the `British' force [with units from across the Empire, most notably the ANZACs] and the Turks. The Allies were repulsed twice but on theirthird attempt, under the newly-appointed General Allenby, a veteran of the Western Front where he was a vocal critic of Haig's command, finally penetrated Turkish lines, captured southern Palestine and, as instructed by Lloyd George, took Jerusalem in time for Christmas, ending 400 years of Ottoman occupation. This third battle, similar in many ways to the contemporaneous fighting in France, is at the heart of this account, with consideration of intelligence, espionage, air-warfare, and diplomatic and political elements, not to mention the logistical and medical aspects of the campaign, particularly water. The generally overlooked Turkish defence, in the face of vastly superior numbers, is also assessed. Far from laying out and executing a pre-ordained plan, Allenby, who is probably still best remembered as T. E. Lawrence's commanding officer in Arabia, was flexible and adaptable, responding to developmentsas they occurred. JOHN D. GRAINGER is the author of numerous books on military history, ranging from the Roman period to the twentieth century.
Download or read book The War Effort of New Zealand written by H. T. B. Drew and published by Auckland : Whitcombe and Tombs. This book was released on 1923 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Official History of New Zealand s Efforts in the Great War written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Official History of New Zealand s Effort in the Great War written by New Zealand. Department of Defence and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Allenby s Gunners written by Alan H. Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Smith’s Allenby’s Gunners tells the story of artillery in the highly successful World War I Sinai and Palestine campaigns. Following Gallipoli and the reconstitution of the AIF, a shortage of Australian gunners saw British Territorial artillery allotted to the Australian Light Horse and New Zealand Mounted Rifle brigades. It was a relationship that would prove highly successful and ‘Allenby’s Gunners’ provides a detailed and colourful description of the artillery war, cavalry and infantry operations from the first battles of Romani and Rafa, through the tough actions at Gaza, the Palestine desert, Jordan Valley and Amman to the capture of Jerusalem. The story concludes with the superb victory at Megiddo and the taking of Damascus until the theatre armistice of October 1918. Smith covers the trials and triumphs of the gunners as they honed their art in one of the most difficult battlefield environments of the war. The desert proved hostile and unrelenting, testing the gunners, their weapons and their animals in the harsh conditions. The gunners’ adversary, the wily and skilful Ottoman artillerymen, endured the same horrendous conditions and proved a tough and courageous foe. The light horsemen and gunners also owed much to the intrepid airmen of the AFC and RFC whose tactical and offensive bombing and counter-battery work from mid-1917 would prove instrumental in securing victory. This is an aspect of the campaign that is seamlessly woven throughout as the action unfolds. The Sinai and Palestine campaigns generally followed a pattern of heavy losses and setbacks for an initial period before Allied forces eventually prevailed. This is a highly descriptive volume that tells an oft-neglected story and fills a gap in the record of a campaign in which Australians played a significant role. It is a welcome addition to the story of the Australians in the Middle Eastern campaigns of World War I.
Download or read book New Zealand s Great War written by and published by . This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 1156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Zealanders have long remembered the First World War as their 'Great War'. Described as 'the most traumatic event in New Zealand's history', this war was responsible for more New Zealand deaths, both in relative and absolute terms, than any other conflict. In particular, the Gallipoli campaign appears to be indelibly etched in the nation's collective memory as a bloody touchstone for the forging of a distinct New Zealand identity. Drawing on presentations at a 2003 conference ('Zealandia's Great War'), this collection explores an impressive range of issues associated with this war experience. The 32 chapters are grouped within four broad categories: wider political, social and international perspectives; operational and combat experiences; social dimensions of the war effort; and the home front.
Download or read book Official History of the New Zealand Engineers During the Great War 1914 1919 written by Ed Maj N. Annabell and published by . This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history describes the work carried out by the Field Companies, Field Troops, Signal Troop, and Wireless Troop of the NZ Engineers during operations in Samoa (1914-1915); Egypt, Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine (1914-1918); France, Belgium and Germany (1916-1919); and Mesopotamia (1916-1918). In his preface, Major Annabell comments on the difficulties in preparing this account as a large number of war diaries, the notes prepared for the Field Troops history and various other records never reached New Zealand, and the bare material available from existing diaries and records was insufficient to produce a worthwhile history. So it was decided to introduce a personal note and an appeal was sent out for details of any noteworthy exploits in the field, any incidents of a sensational, amusing or humorous nature and any facts concerning the Corps that it was felt should be chronicled and any suggestions which would tend towards the general improvement of the Regimental History. It has to be said that the effort was eminently worthwhile and the result is a fine history providing a memorable record of life on active service which began at New Zealand s backdoor, Samoa, a German possession which was occupied in August 1914 by a NZ force that included two sections of an engineer field company without a shot being fired. The list of Honours and Awards is headed by the Victoria Cross, a posthumous award to Sgt Forsyth in August 1918 while he was attached to an infantry battalion on probation for a commission. The Roll of Honour lists 215 officers and men who died. The NZ sappers saw active service in all theatres except Macedonia; they provided wireless troops in Mesopotamia and Persia. There is a list of all the officers who served with the NZ Engineers, 89 in all of whom 36 gained commissions in the field.
Download or read book New Zealand s Great War written by John Crawford and published by Exisle Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of essays arising out of the 'Zealandia's Great War' conference organised by the New Zealand Military History Committee in November 2003. In 32 essays by distinguished military historians from New Zealand and around the world, various aspects of New Zealand's involvement in World War One are discussed. Subjects include the Pioneer Maori Battalion, women who opposed the war, the early years of the RSA, Gallipoli, the infantry on the Somme, New Zealand's involvement in the naval war, prostitution and the New Zealand soldier, the Home Defence, religion in the First World War, and the Armistice. New Zealand's Great War is a fascinating miscellany of informed comment on and insight into the event that did most to shape New Zealand as a nation. Contributors include New Zealand's own Chris Pugsley, Glyn Harper, Terry Kinloch, Monty Soutar, Megan Hutching, Vincent Orange and Bronwyn Dalley, as well as Peter Dennis, Jeffrey Grey, Jennifer Keene, Jenny McLeod, Pierre Purseigle, Peter Stanley and Gary Sheffield from overseas. "An important and illuminating book." - Taranaki Daily News
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Download or read book The New Zealanders at Gallipoli written by Fred Waite and published by Auckland, N.Z. : Whitcombe and Tombs. This book was released on 1921 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Zealand Division 1916 1919 the New Zealanders in France written by H. Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an official history, the second volume of four constituting the Official History Of New Zealand s Effort In The Great War, the other three cover Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine, and the Home Front. As may be expected this is a remarkably comprehensive account of one of the finest divisions of the BEF of which Earl Haig wrote: No Division in France built up for itself a finer reputation, whether for the gallantry of its conduct in battle or for the excellence of its behaviour out of the line. Its record does honour to the land from which it came and to the Empire for which it fought. A German assessment of the division was seen in an Intelligence document captured at Hebuterne in July 1918:- A particularly good assault Division. Its characteristics are a very strongly developed individual self-confidence or enterprise, characteristic of the colonial British, and a specially pronounced hatred of the Germans. In his Copse 125 (Rossignol Wood) Ernst Junger describes the bitter fighting with the New Zealanders (Otago Regiment) in July 1918. The NZ Division of this history was formed in Egypt in March 1916 with the transference of the Australian units of the old composite division, which had fought at Gallipoli, to Australian formations and the raising of fresh NZ units to take their place thus creating a purely New Zealand division. The infantry consisted of two battalions each of the Auckland, Canterbury, Otago and Wellington Regiments and four battalions of the NZ Rifle Brigade, all the divisional troops -artillery, engineers, medical etc were NZ units. The GOC was Major-General Sir A.H.Russell, promoted from command of a brigade of the composite NZ and Australian Division; he was to be the only commander of the division. The NZ Division arrived in France in April 1916 and it remained on the Western front throughout the war. In early 1917 a fourth infantry brigade was formed in England from the surplus reinforcements sent monthly from New Zealand and it joined the division as the 4th NZ Brigade in May, just before the Messines offensive. It was disbanded in February 1918. The division fought on the Somme, at Messines, at Third Ypres as part of II Anzac Corps; when the Germans struck in March 1918 the division was transferred to IV Corps (Harper) in Byng s Third Army where it stayed to the end of the war. The author commanded the 2nd Battalion Canterbury Regiment and in preparing this official account he has drawn on all available material - War Diaries, Operation Orders, Intelligence summaries, Narratives of operations prepared at Corps level and below, Honours and Awards recommendations, Divisional reports and correspondence, personal diaries and papers and Haig s Despatches. The result is a fine, authoritative account of a division which acquired an elite status on the Western Front and whose record was second to none. Ten VCs were won of whom the most famous was Sgt Travis (real name Savage) of the 2nd Battalion Otago Regiment who was known as the king of No Man s Land. Total casualties amounted to just under 49,000 of whom 12,500 died.
