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Hidden under the shadow of Gallipoli for decades, the breathtaking story of what really happened on the Western Front has finally been brought into the bright light of day.
'Five times greater than Gallipoli, the Western Front had:
- five times more soldiers (250 000 rather than 50 000)
- more than five times the amount of men killed (46 000 compared to 8709)
- more than five times as many battles, with troops serving there for four times longer, and
- five times the sum of Victoria Crosses earned (a total of 53).
'Thankfully, the diggers serving in this first Australian Army Corps and under an Australian commander for the first time, actually helped win the war.
'Using hundreds of brutally honest and extraordinary eyewitness accounts of the diggers in the muddy and bloody trenches, Western Front Diaries reproduces their private diaries, letters and postcards to tell of their heart-rending experiences, battle by bloody battle.
'With its gallery of unpublished photographs, Western Front Diaries tells without embellishment the stories of the Australian soldiers and finally puts the Western Front on the map. (From the publisher's website.)
Adaptations
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Winning World War I : The Western Front Diaries
( dir. Bill Leimbach
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Pyrmont
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Roadshow Entertainment
Lucky Country Production
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2008
Z1576997
2008
single work
film/TV
Dramatisation of Australian involvement on the Western Front.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Non-Fiction Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 - 6 June 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of The Western Front Diaries : The ANZAC's Own Story, Battle by Battle 2008 anthology diary -
The First Casualty
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 April 2010; (p. 18-19)
— Review of The Anzac Book 1916 anthology column short story poetry prose ; The Western Front Diaries : The ANZAC's Own Story, Battle by Battle 2008 anthology diary
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The First Casualty
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 April 2010; (p. 18-19)
— Review of The Anzac Book 1916 anthology column short story poetry prose ; The Western Front Diaries : The ANZAC's Own Story, Battle by Battle 2008 anthology diary -
Non-Fiction Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 - 6 June 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of The Western Front Diaries : The ANZAC's Own Story, Battle by Battle 2008 anthology diary
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