Gardens of Hell: battles of the Gallipoli Campaign

Examines the human side of one of the great tragedies of modern warfare, the Gallipoli campaign of WW I. The story of the battle is told in the combatant's own words - drawn from diaries, letters, and stories passed down through generations of families.

  • OCLC #: 864848090
  • ISBN #:
    • 9781612346830
    • 1612346839
  • Call #: D568.3.G37 2014
  • Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — Storage — D568.3
  • Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice: Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2014.
  • Physical Description: xiv, 368 pages ; 24 cm
  • Contents:
    • "A day which I shall not forget": the battle is joined
    • "The results were disastrous": forcing the Dardanelles
    • "Death on the eve of battle": the preparations
    • "My God it's all horrible": the landings of April 25, 1915: ANZAC
    • "This place was littered with dead from the boats": the landings of April 25, 1915: Helles
    • "Had we gone forward we should have been wiped out": the battles of April: Helles
    • "They died like gallant officers and gentlemen": the May battles
    • "A lot of our poor fellows were drowned": the war at sea
    • "We had the great experience to have a glimpse of Hell": the June battles
    • "There was no one left to fire": battles of August and the final offensives
    • "Not actually all the King's men": the battles of July 12 and August 12
    • "And all suffered severely": the great storm, November 27-28, 1915
    • "We have lost the game": evacuation.
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