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Crossing the Wire: The Untold Stories of Australian POWs in Battle and Captivity During WW1
by Coombes, David
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- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0987057413
- ISBN 13
- 9780987057419
- Seller
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Forestdale, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Big Sky Publishing, 2011. New book, 408 pages. "Truly we are objects of interest to the Jerries we meet on the road, and especially in the villages. Taunts are hurled at us; epithets are numerous, and souvenir hunters molest us, but so far not violently. After passing through the village of Villers, we come across some British prisoners who are clearing the road, and they present a sorry spectacle, unshaven and dirty looking... Some offered some appeal for food, but we have none to give. In fact we are ourselves hungry... Their predicament does not create in us a very favourable impression, although I like others, do not realise the seriousness of what is in store for us. The future is a blank, as no-one knows what it holds." So wrote an Australian prisoner-of-war, Corporal Lancelot Davies, only recently taken prisoner at the first battle of Bullecourt, on 11 April 1917. For him - like another 1,200 Australians captured at Bullecourt - the future was indeed 'blank' and unpredictable. The experiences of Australian prisoners of war (POWs) or Kriegsgefangeners held captive in Germany has been largely forgotten or ignored- overshadowed by the terrible stories of Australians imprisoned by the Japanese during World War II. Yet, as David Coombes makes known, the stories are interesting and significant - not only providing an account of what those young Australian soldiers experienced, and the spirit they showed in responding to captivity - but also for the insight it provides into Germany in the last eighteen months of the war. Drawing on previous inaccessible records, Coombes focuses on one Australian brigade, the 4th Infantry, from its formation in 1914, through Gallipoli to its baptism of fire on the Western Front, culminating in the first battle of Bullecourt - which, in turn, leads to the prisoner of war experience.. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.
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- Bookseller
- Viceroy Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010589
- Title
- Crossing the Wire: The Untold Stories of Australian POWs in Battle and Captivity During WW1
- Author
- Coombes, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 0987057413
- ISBN 13
- 9780987057419
- Publisher
- Big Sky Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New South Wales Australia
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- WW1 AUSTRALIAN POW HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- WW1 History;
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