{"product_id":"pozieres-the-anzac-story-scott-bennett-softcover","title":"Pozieres: The ANZAC Story - Scott Bennett - Softcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1916, one million men fought in the first battle of the Somme. Victory hinged on their ability to capture a small village called Pozières. After five attempts to seize it, the British called in the Anzacs to complete this seemingly impossible task.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt midnight on 23 July 1916, thousands of Australians stormed Pozières. Forty-five days later they were relieved, having suffered 23,000 casualties to gain a few miles of barren landscape. Despite the toll, the operation was heralded as a stunning victory. Yet for the exhausted survivors, the war-weary public, and the families of the dead and maimed, victory came at a terrible cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the letters and diaries of the men who fought at Pozières, this superb book reveals a battlefield drenched in chaos and fear. Bennett sheds light on the story behind the official history, re-creating the experiences of those men who fought in one of the largest and most devastating battles of the Great War and returned home, all too often, as shattered men.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThis item is in \u003cstrong\u003eVery \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003eGood \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003econdition. There is some minor coloring of the page edges. There is minimal creasing of the spine. There is some minor shelf wear, along with the remains of a pricing sticker. As always, the photos are of the book you will receive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graham L","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984041640167,"sku":"TWLGL147","price":13.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8511\/5879\/files\/2TWL_104_f52a40c9-44e0-40a2-9f01-032f9648b23c.jpg?v=1776300859","url":"https:\/\/thewarlibrary.com.au\/products\/pozieres-the-anzac-story-scott-bennett-softcover","provider":"The War Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}