Australians on the Western Front: Hamel victory was a Monash masterpiece

By Michael Grealy
June 29 2018 - 12:00pm
UNITED FRONT: Australian and American troops in a trench after the Battle of Hamel with the village, then freed of Germans, behind them. The entire coordinated offensive took just 93 minutes. Picture: AWM E02844
UNITED FRONT: Australian and American troops in a trench after the Battle of Hamel with the village, then freed of Germans, behind them. The entire coordinated offensive took just 93 minutes. Picture: AWM E02844

The Battle of Hamel on July 4, 1918, is famous for a series of firsts, but it almost didn’t go ahead.

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