| Accession Number | RCDIG1069922 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Volume |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Book |
| Maker |
Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W) |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Copy provided for personal non-commercial use, permission from copyright holder must be sought for commercial use |
Volume V – The Australian Imperial Force in France during the Main German Offensive, 1918 (8th edition, 1941)
First World War Official Histories
- Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918
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Description
This volume deals with the German offensive of March/April 1918, a decisive episode in the history of Europe and one of absorbing interest to the student of war. It could be argued that the most important battles in Australian military history were fought around Amiens and Hazelbrouck in the spring of this year. Although the Australians suffered over 15,000 casualties in March/April 1918, by the end of April their 2nd, 3rd, and 5th Divisions were holding half the crucial front from Arras in the north to Amiens in the southeast. The Australian Troops had never fought better or with more telling effect.
The introduction by L C F Turner, to the University of Queensland Press edition can be found here:
https://www.awm.gov.au/official-histories/first_world_war/volV_introduction
- Preface, Contents, List of illustrations, List of maps, and Chronology from 1st December 1917 to 7th May 1918 (pages i - xii )
- Chapter I – The Australian Corps (pages 1 - 33 )
- Chapter II – The Winter Campaign at Messines (pages 34 - 48 )
- Chapter III – The Allies' Strife for a Plan (pages 49 - 92 )
- Chapter IV – The Genesis of “Michael” (pages 93 - 108 )
- Chapter V – Ludendorff Strikes (pages 109 - 116 )
- Chapter VI – Hebuterne (pages 117 - 144 )
- Chapter VII – Before Amiens (pages 145 - 192 )
- Chapter VIII – Dernancourt, March 28th (pages 193 - 211 )
- Chapter IX– Morlancourt – March 28th and 30th (pages 212 - 235 )
- Chapter X – “The Truth about the 'Fifth' Army” (pages 236 - 297 )
- Chapter XI – First Villers–Bretonneux (pages 298 - 355 )
- Chapter XII – The Battle of Dernancourt (pages 356 - 418 )
- Chapter XIII – The Battle of the Lys – (I) April 9th–13th (pages 419 - 464 )
- Chapter XIV – The Battle of the Lys – (II) April 14th–24th (pages 465 - 498 )
- Chapter XV – Hangard Wood and Somme, April 5th–23rd (pages 499 - 537 )
- Chapter XVI – Second Villers–Bretonneux – (I) The Germans Seize the Village (pages 538 - 567 )
- Chapter XVII – Second Villers–Bretonneux – (II) the Counter–attack (pages 568 - 637 )
- Chapter XVIII – After Villers–Bretonneux – Monument Wood (pages 638 - 655 )
- Chapter XIX – Results of the Offensive Against the British (pages 656 - 680 )
- Appendix 1 – Expansion of the Field Artillery of the A.I.F. (pages 681 - 682 )
- Appendix 2 – The Strife for Identifications on Australian Corps Front, 14th November 1917 to 19th March 1918 (pages 683 - 690 )
- Appendix 3 – Instructions Given by Major–General Sir John Monash to the 3rd Australian Division for Taking up a Line on the Somme–Ancre Peninsula, 27th March 1918 (pages 691 - 692 )
- Appendix 4 – The Death of Richthofen (pages 693 - 702 )
- Appendix 5 – Australians in Mesopotamia (pages 703 - 764 )
- Index (pages 765 - 825 )