Book - "The Dardanelles"
A soft cover book full of black and white photographs of the Dardanelles campaign. The Foreword states that "Many of the photographs in this book were taken under fire." At the back of the book there is a section "Description of the Operations from GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON'S DESPATCH"
On 19 February 1915, British and French ships began a naval assault on the Dardanelles. The fighting culminated in a heavy setback for the Allies on 18 March due to large losses from Turkish mines. Military landings on the Gallipoli peninsula followed on 25 April.
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The front cover says
The Dardanelles
Walkers Ridge, ANZAC
An Epic told in Pictures
PRICE 2/6 NET
The back cover has the Australian and New Zealand flags embossed with the word ANZAC below
A 110 page book, primarily photos, that chronicle the Gallipoli campaign. The final 14 pages are a typed description of the operations from General Sir Ian Hamiliton's despatch.
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