Wartime Magazine Issue 50

Autumn 2010

Gallipoli - 50 years on

• Turkish machine-guns at the landing. by Chris Roberts.  
  It has long been believed that Australian troops faced machine-guns at ANZAC Cove, but is it another myth?
• Burning Bridges by Peter Pedersen.  
  Was the 1st Australian Division’s first commander a good general or a dud?
• Hooky Walker the English general by Peter Burness.  
  The AIF needed senior British officers until Australians of suitable rank, training and experience became available.
• The evacuation of ANZAC by Robyn Van Dyk.  
  After a disastrous campaign, a brilliant deception was carried off with great success.
• Digging in and holding on by Patricia Sabine.  
  A newly created panorama, featured inside our cover, gives a remarkable view of Gallipoli.  
• A real Bastard by Lachlan Coleman.  
  A man with an unfortunate name left a vivid account of Gallipoli.
• The scourge of Bomber Command by Phillip Bradley.  
  An ace Nachtjäger pilot had extraordinary success against Allied bombers.
• Nurses under fire by Elizabeth Stewart.  
  “It is Fritz’s fault. He will do these dastardly tricks.”
• A Kittyhawk pilot in Italy by Andrew Arthy.  
  An Australian fighter bomber pilot flew 119 missions in the Mediterranean, including a raid on a German airfield in Italy.
• Mud and dust by Mike Cecil.  
  The machinery of war is part of the human story.
• With Collins in the Med by Tom Lewis.  
  How a talented officer led HMAS Sydney in a great battle.
• Plus regular features including Reflections, Mail Call and Book Reviews