Fromelles and Pozieres

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER

On 19 July 1916, 7000 Australian soldiers - in the first major action of the AIF on the Western Front - attacked entrenched German positions at Fromelles in northern France. By the next day, there were over 5500 casualties, including nearly 2000 dead - a bloodbath that the Australian War Memorial describes as ''the worst 24 hours in Australia''s entire history.

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