{"product_id":"9781921799112","title":"Zero Hour: The Anzacs on the Western Front","description":"Winner of the NZ Post Children's Book Awards, non-fiction category and shortlisted for the CBCA Children's Book Awards, 2011. \u003cp\u003eThe First World War was only meant to last six months. When the Australians and New Zealanders arrived at the Western Front in 1916, the fighting had been going for a year and a half and there was no end in sight. The men took their place in a line of trenches that spread from the North Sea to the Swiss Alps. Beyond the trenches was no-man's-land, an eerie wasteland where rats lived in the ribs of the dead and the wounded cried for help. Beyond that was the German Army. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Anzacs had sailed for France to fight a war the whole world was talking about. Few who came home ever spoke about it again. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eZero Hour\u003c\/i\u003e is the third book by Leon Davidson, author of the best-selling and multi-award-winning \u003ci\u003eScarecrow Army: the Anzacs at Gallipoli\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRed Haze: Australians \u0026amp; New Zealanders in Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Written with a simplicity and directness that make it an ideal teaching tool, \u003ci\u003eZero Hour\u003c\/i\u003e blends historical overview of the Anzacs' role with ordinary soldiers' experiences and perspectives.' \u003ci\u003eAge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151380431088,"sku":"9781921799112","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921799112_p0.jpg?v=1763631908","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921799112","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}