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Author Stone, Barry, author.

Title Secret army : an elite force, a secret mission, a fleet of Model-T Fords, a far flung corner of WWI / Barry Stone
Published Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (129 pages)
Contents Introduction -- A mad enterprise -- The great famine -- The humanitarian army -- A hasty withdrawal
Summary The story of the 'Dunsterforce', a secret force of elite solders hand-picked from across the Allied forces, sent to the ethnic power keg of the Caucasus in 1918 to defend British interests from the Ottomans, Cossacks and Germans. Little known today, this is a story of derring do, exotic locations and dangerous encounters - and a fleet of 41 Model T Fords
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Australia. Australian Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps -- History
World War, 1914-1918 -- Caucasus
Special operations (Military science) -- Caucasus
Special forces (Military science) -- Caucasus
Desert warfare -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia
First World War.
Desert warfare
Special forces (Military science)
Special operations (Military science)
Australia
Caucasus
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781760639259
1760639257