Turning Disaster Into Triumph - Dr Ross McMullin
Shrine of Remembrance
English - January 24, 2018 14:00 - 56 minutes - 25.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHistory Education air force kokoda navy peacekeeping shrine anzac army first fromelles Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Recorded Tuesday 26 September 2017.
The battle of Polygon Wood, the second of the step-by-step victories east of Ypres, has often been depicted as a relatively straightforward victory: the AIF advanced behind an irresistible barrage that resembled a Gippsland bushfire, and there were inevitable casualties but no major hiccups. This interpretation is fundamentally flawed. Dr Ross McMullin explains why.
Ross’s most recent publication Pompey Elliot At War: In His Own Words is available through the Shrine shop.