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More and more Australian are reflecting on the soldiers who helped shape our nation. Many are choosing to make pilgrimages to the battlefields of our history, to bring to life names like the Somme, Passchendaele and Ypres. WALKING WITH THE ANZACS is the essential companion for anyone visiting the Western Front. Presenting well-illustrated walking tours across fourteen of the most important battlefields and designed along easily accesible routes, it points out to the readers the battle field landmarks that still exist - the memorials to the men who fought there and the cemeteries where many of them still lie. Combining moving quotes revealing the experience of war for the common Aussie digger with easy-to-follow directions, WALKING WITH THE ANZACS allows anyone to visit the battlefields and walk in the footsteps of the first ANZACS. Mat McLachlan is one of Australia's leading war historians and battlefield guides, and has spent more than a decade following in the footsteps of Australian troops on battlefields around the world. Along with writing, Mat also produced and appears in the First World War television documentary 'Lost in Flanders'. He makes regular appearances in his capacity as an historian on the ABC, The History Channel and Channel 7's 'Sunrise'. Mat is the founder of Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours, Australia's leading specialist battlefield tour company.