Johnny Enzed: The New Zealand Soldier in the First World War 1914-1918 (First World War Centenary History series)

The New Zealand Soldiers Who Left These Shores To Fight In The First World War Represented One Of The Greatest Collective Endeavours In The Nation's History. Over 100,000 Men And Women Would Embark For Overseas Service And Almost 60,000 Of Them Became Casualties. For A Small Nation Like New Zealand This Was A Tragedy On An Unimagined Scale. Using Their Personal Testimony, This Book Reveals What These Men Experienced - The Truth Of Their Lives In Battle, At Rest, At Their Best And Their Worst. Through A Comprehensive And Sympathetic Scrutiny Of New Zealand Soldiers' Correspondence, Diaries And Memoirs, A Compelling Picture Of The New Zealand Soldier's War From General To Private Is Revealed. This Is Not A Campaign History Of Dry Facts And Detail. Rather, It Examines Minutely The Everyday Experience Of Trench Life In All Its Shapes And Forms. Diverse Topics Such As Barbed Wire, The Use Of The Bayonet, Gas Attacks, Rats, Horses, Food, Communal Singing, Infectious Diseases And Much More Feature In This Riveting Account Of The New Zealand Soldier In The First World War. It Is The Story Of Ordinary Men Thrust Into The Most Extraordinary Circumstances Imaginable. Written In An Accessible Style Aimed At The Interested General Reader, The Book Is The Product Of A Substantial Amount Of Research. The Text Is Complemented By A Range Of Maps, Illustrations, Graphs And Diagrams. Glyn Harper Hardback

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"The New Zealand soldiers who left these shores to fight in the First World War represented one of the greatest collective endeavours in the nation's history. Over 100,000 men and women would embark for overseas service and almost 60,000 of them became casualties. For a small nation like New Zealand this was a tragedy on an unimagined scale. Using their personal testimony, this book reveals what these men experienced - the truth of their lives in battle, at rest, at their best and their worst. Through a comprehensive and sympathetic scrutiny of New Zealand soldiers' correspondence, diaries and memoirs, a compelling picture of the New Zealand soldier's war from general to private is revealed. This is not a campaign history of dry facts and detail. Rather, it examines minutely the everyday experience of trench life in all its shapes and forms. Diverse topics such as barbed wire, the use of the bayonet, gas attacks, rats, horses, food, communal singing, infectious diseases and much more feature in this riveting account of the New Zealand soldier in the First World War. It is the story of ordinary men thrust into the most extraordinary circumstances imaginable. Written in an accessible style aimed at the interested general reader, the book is the product of a substantial amount of research. The text is complemented by a range of maps, illustrations, graphs and diagrams"--Publisher's website Johnny ENZED was the ordinary soldier; this is about what mattered to him. From sailing away to the trip home we share the ups and downs of soldiering. Through the most comprehensive and authoritative ever survey of their letters, diaries and photographs we see and sense the truth of our soldier's lives in battle, at rest, at their best and worst. Among the topics covered are barbed wire, the use of the bayonet, gas attacks, rats, horses, food, communal singing, infectious diseases and much more. Groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed, Tommy is the first history of World War I to place the British soldier who fought in the trenches centre-stage. Tommy tells the story of an epic and terrible war through the letters, diaries and memories of those who fought it. Epitomised by the character of Sgt Tommy Atkins, Richard Holmes portrays the strength and fallibility of the human spirit, the individuals behind the epic conflict, and their legacy. This history of World War I is told from the perspective of the British soldiers who fought, centre-stage, in the trenches. Their experiences are retold through the letters, diaries and poems they wrote, expressing their thoughts and fears about being part of the war The extraordinary and authoritative account of NZ's soldiers experiences, using their memoirs, diaries and letters