Name: Anzac Battlefields: The Western Front
Uploaded: 2025-07-01T17:00:32.000Z
Description: More than 80% of Australian WWI fatalities occurred on the Western Front, where ANZAC troops fought from 1916 until the 1918 Armistice. Anzac Battlefields traces their journey from trench raids to the pivotal "100 Day" offensive. With expert insights, oral history, archive footage and on-location exploration, Neil Pigot and Dr. Peter Pedersen reveal how and where they fought for victory.

More than 80% of Australian WWI fatalities occurred on the Western Front, where ANZAC troops fought from 1916 until the 1918 Armistice. Anzac Battlefields traces their journey from trench raids to the pivotal "100 Day" offensive. With expert insights, oral history, archive footage and on-location exploration, Neil Pigot and Dr. Peter Pedersen reveal how and where they fought for victory.

Total Content Digital - Combat War

ANZAC troops dig into trench warfare along the Western Front in early 1916.

Baptism

The ANZAC's learn the horrors of industrialized warfare, including gas, tanks, and machine guns.

Sacrifice

It is 1917 and the ANZACS are involved in the seminal battles of Bullecourt, Ypres, Messines and Menin Road.

Resolve

We walk where the battalions fought and where the artillery sank in liquid mud in one of the most notorious killing fields of WWI - Passchendaele.

Cataclysm

The ANZAC's feel the brunt of Germany's Operation Michael, the biggest offensive of World War I.

Spirit

Monash takes up the challenge of vigorous pursuit of the Germans and in one day advance 10 kilometres and takes two and a half thousand prisoners - one week later the war is over.

Anzac Battlefields: The Western Front

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