{"product_id":"pozieres-9781921844836","title":"Pozieres","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1916, one million men fought in the first battle of the Somme. Victory hinged on their ability to capture a small village called Pozières. After five attempts to seize it, the British called in the Anzacs to complete this seemingly impossible task.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt midnight on 23 July 1916, thousands of Australians stormed Pozières. Forty-five days later they were relieved, having suffered 23,000 casualties to gain a few miles of barren landscape. Despite the toll, the operation was heralded as a stunning victory. Yet for the exhausted survivors, the war-weary public, and the families of the dead and maimed, victory came at a terrible cost.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the letters and diaries of the men who fought at Pozières, this superb book reveals a battlefield drenched in chaos and fear. Bennett sheds light on the story behind the official history, re-creating the experiences of those men who fought in one of the largest and most devastating battles of the Great War and returned home, all too often, as shattered men.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scott Bennett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48287169708283,"sku":"9781921844836","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_1341f556-8970-41e9-88b8-5ed42a275595.jpg?v=1771580266","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/pozieres-9781921844836","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}