The Battle for Lone Pine: Four Days of Slaughter at the Heart of Gallipoli by David W Cameron

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Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Remnant date due slip on author synopsis is now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Wear to book corners and edges. Body text and binding are still very good.

Most Australian have heard of Lone Pine. Too few know why. Over four days in August 1915, Australians and Turks were thrown into some of the fiercest fighting of the war on a small plateau in Gallipoli known as Lone Pine.

Thousands of lives were lost. Seven of Australia's nine Gallipoli VCs were earned during brutal hand-to-hand combat in dark tunnels and trenches just metres apart, bombarded by terrifying volleys of grenades.

The Battle for Lone Pine is the first book devoted to this cornerstone of the Anzac legend, drawing on unforgettable first-hand accounts scratched into diaries and letters home. The stories of the diggers and the engineers, nurses, sappers, commanders and more provide an invaluable record of the battle and serve as moving testimony to their courage in appalling conditions.

Today, pine trees are planted in remembrance around Australia. In Gallipoli, the Lone Pine Cemetery and Memorial attract large crowds to commemorate Anzac Day.

David W Cameron's absorbing history reveals the fate of those who fought on the ground where they gathered. (back cover)