The AIF in battle : how the Australian Imperial Force fought, 1914-1918

The AIF in battle : how the Australian Imperial Force fought, 1914-1918 / Jean Bou, editor.

By the end of the First World War the combat formations of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in both France and the Middle East were considered among the British Empire's most effective troops. While sometimes a source of pride and not a little boasting, how the force came to be so was not du...

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Other Authors: Bou, Jean (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, 2016.
Subjects:
Australia. > Australian Army. > Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921)
1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, Australian.
Military participation > Australian
Australia > History, Military > 1914-1918.
Australia
Military history
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Editor's note and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; 1 Cavalry Combat: Mounted Warfare in Palestine; 2 The Battalion: The AIF Infantry Battalion and its Evolution; 3 Indirect Fire: The AIF's Artillery and Mortars on the Western Front; 4 The AIF's Commanders: Learning on the Job; 5 Over the Western Front: Air Power and the AIF; 6 Below Ground: The AIF's Mining Operations; 7 'Nightly Suicide Operations': Trench Raids and the Development of the AIF
  • 8 From the Somme to the Salient: The AIF and its Battles, 1916-19179 'Backs to the Wall': Australians on the Western Front, January-June 1918; 10 The AIF and the Hundred Days: 'Orchestration' for Tactical Success in 1918; Appendix A: Infantry Battalion Organisation Diagrams; Appendix B: Artillery Organisation Diagrams; Index

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