Walking with the ANZACS

The essential companion, fully revised and updated, to the Australian battlefields on the Western Front, this new edition features:

- Fully updated tour itineraries, including a new dedicated Villers-Bretonneux tour

- Information about new memorials and museums opened since the book was first published, including the new cemetery and visitors centre at Fromelles

- Fully updated travel tips, accommodation listings and web resources

- New personal accounts from soldiers that allow you to view the war through the eyes of the Anzacs

Covering the fourteen most important Anzac battlefields, including Passchendaele, Pozieres and Bullecourt, each with its own illustrated walking tour, this is the definitive guide for anyone who wants to walk in the footsteps of the first Anzacs, see where they fought, and marvel at their spirit and bravery.

Designed around easily accessible walking routes, each tour features a description of the battle, moving quotes from some of the men who fought there, and highlights areas of interest that you can expect to see on your walk including battlefield landmarks, memorials to the men who fought there and the cemeteries where many of them still lie.

More than a travel guide, this is an absorbing read for anyone who wants to go WALKING WITH THE ANZACS.

“As fitting a memorial to a lost generation of men as a cenotaph - Weekend AustralianMcLachlan really has walked in the footsteps of the Anzacs, and done a fine job of it - Sun-Herald”

As fitting a memorial to a lost generation of men as a cenotaph - Weekend Australian

McLachlan really has walked in the footsteps of the Anzacs, and done a fine job of it - Sun-Herald

Mat McLachlan is one of Australia's leading battlefield historians and media presenters in the history space. He is the author of Walking with the Anzacs, Gallipoli: The Battlefield Guide and The Cowra Breakout, and the founder of Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours, which sends thousands of Australians to visit battlefields around the world each year, including Cowra.

As a media presenter, Mat is a regular on TV and radio and in print. His Living History podcast reaches more than 5 million Australian history enthusiasts each week, and he produces the BattleWalks and Pete & Gary's Military History podcasts. Mat also produces and presents history documentaries for various networks. He appears regularly as a history expert on all major Australian television and radio networks, and reaches over five million viewers on YouTube each year. He lives in Sydney with his wife and children.

The essential companion, fully revised and updated, to the Australian battlefields on the Western Front, this new edition features:- Fully updated tour itineraries, including a new dedicated Villers-Bretonneux tour- Information about new memorials and museums opened since the book was first published, including the new cemetery and visitors centre at Fromelles- Fully updated travel tips, accommodation listings and web resources- New personal accounts from soldiers that allow you to view the war through the eyes of the AnzacsCovering the fourteen most important Anzac battlefields, including Passchendaele, Pozieres and Bullecourt, each with its own illustrated walking tour, this is the definitive guide for anyone who wants to walk in the footsteps of the first Anzacs, see where they fought, and marvel at their spirit and bravery. Designed around easily accessible walking routes, each tour features a description of the battle, moving quotes from some of the men who fought there, and highlights areas of interest that you can expect to see on your walk including battlefield landmarks, memorials to the men who fought there and the cemeteries where many of them still lie.More than a travel guide, this is an absorbing read for anyone who wants to go WALKING WITH THE ANZACS.

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