Gallipoli: The Landing

 Gallipoli: The Landing

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       December 20, 2014

 

Author  Hugh Dolan Ill: Mal Gardiner

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ISBN:                 9781742231570
Publisher:         New South Publishers
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Website:    http://www.newsouthbooks.com.au 

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In this graphic novel the story which has had a major impact on Australia and Australians is told again from yet another perspective, that of the other side, the side that was carefully built up on the military orders of the day, personal diaries of the men who fought and died at Gallipoli and the photographs still available from one of the most photographed wars in history.

This unique way of presenting this fascinating slice of world history is as unique as it is compelling and will appeal to those who love a good story, a comic book and a look into another side of the history which shaped the country.

Both Dolan and Gardiner have served Australia in the RAAF and RAN serving in Iraq and other strife torn areas of the world. On their discharges they met up and created this unique view of war, a masterpiece designed to appeal to the modern generation.

The story is grippingly told and features the main personalities; the British Commanders who set out the campaign and German and Turkish Commanders who plotted well to destroy the British’s carefully laid plans.

History has many different ways of looking at this tragedy and this is one version which sets you to thinking about the strategies that were used on both sides.

The attention to detail in the illustration is brilliant, from the assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand to the headlines in the Sydney Morning Herald announcing Australia was now at war, to the final chapters of the evacuation of Gallipoli at Anzac Cove, along with a final, poignant comment from John Fisher on 25 April 1915 as the stretchers were being loaded onto a ship, bring the story to vivid life once again.

Step back in time and join the young men setting out on the voyage of their lives, filled with hope, excitement and the youthful naivety of the biggest adventure of their lives.

Non Fiction