In the spring of 1917 the Arras offensive was begun to break the
stalemate of the Western Front by piercing the formidable German
defences of the Hindenburg Line. The village of Bullecourt lay at
the southern end of the battle front, and the fighting there over a
period of six weeks from 11 April until late May 1917, epitomised
the awful trench warfare of World War I. In Bullecourt 1917, Paul
Kendall tells the stories of the fierce battles fought by three
British and three Australian divisions in an attempt to aid
Allenby's Third Army break out from Arras. Approximately 10,000
Australian and 7,000 British soldiers died, many of whom were
listed as missing and have no known grave. The battle caused much
consternation due to the failure of British tanks in supporting
Australian infantry on 11 April, but despite the lack of tank and
artillery support the Australian infantry valiantly fought their
way into the German trenches. It took a further six weeks for
British and Australian infantry to capture the village. This book
tells the story of this bitter battle and pays tribute to the men
who took part. Crucially, Paul Kendall has contacted as many of the
surviving relatives of the combatants as he could, to gain new
insight into those terrible events on the Hindenburg Line.
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