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Camp and Combat on the Sinai and Palestine Frontthe Experience of the British Empire Soldier, 1916-18.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Camp and Combat on the Sinai and Palestine Front
Reminder of title:	the Experience of the British Empire Soldier, 1916-18.
Author:	Woodfin, Edward C. C.
Published:	Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan,2012.
Description:	1 online resource (241 p.)
Subject:	World War, 1914-1918Personal narratives, British.CampaignsPalestine
Online resource:	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137264800
ISBN:	9781137264800 (electronic bk.)

Camp and Combat on the Sinai and Palestine Frontthe Experience of the British Empire Soldier, 1916-18.
Woodfin, Edward C. C.

Camp and Combat on the Sinai and Palestine Frontthe Experience of the British Empire Soldier, 1916-18.[electronic resource] : - Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan,2012. - 1 online resource (241 p.)

Includes bibliographical references.

Cover; Contents; List of Maps, Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; 1 Prologue; 2 The Rotten Wilderness: The Sinai; Politics and military movements; The men and the advance; Physical conditions; Combat; The enemy; The dual fight against the Turk and the Sinai; Conclusion; 3 Crossing the Line; Politics and military movements; Combat; Physical conditions; Conclusion; 4 The Gaza Trenches; Politics and military movements; Combat; Physical conditions; Conclusion; 5 Mountains of Mourning; Politics and military movements; Combat; The enemy.

Dunes, sandstorms, freezing crags and searing heat; these are not the usual images of World War I. For many men from all over the British Empire, this was the experience of the Great War. Based on soldiers' accounts, this book reveals the hardships and complexity of British Empire soldiers' lives in this oft-forgotten but important campaign.

ISBN: 9781137264800 (electronic bk.)

Source: 521201Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Corporate Names:

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Great Britain.
Army.Subjects--Topical Terms:

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World War, 1914-1918
--Campaigns--Palestine--Personal narratives, British.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: GN491.7

Dewey Class. No.: 900

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