Description

Title: Fromelles – French Flanders

Author: Pederson, Peter

Condition: Mint

Edition: 1st Edition

Publication Date: 2002

ISBN: 9780850529289

Cover: Soft Cover without Dust Jacket – 160 pages

Comments: The attack at Fromelles is significant for a number of reasons. It was the Australians’ first major operation on the Western Front and pitted them against a part of the German line that was an object lesson in the sitting of a defence. The objectives and the tactics employed to achieve them were changed several times and the sufficiency of resources vigorously debated. After the war, the British and Australian Official Historians argued as to how the battle should be interpreted. Most of the correspondence that accompanied their exchange of drafts has not been published and makes compelling reading.