Anzacs (named for members of the all volunteer ANZAC army formations) was a 1985 5-part Australian miniseries set in World War I. The series follows the lives of a group of young Australian men who enlist in the 8th Battalion (Australia) of the First Australian Imperial Force in 1914, fighting first at Gallipoli in 1915, and then on the Western Front for the remainder of the war.
Episode 1
The Great Adventure – Australia in 1914… Outbreak of war… Recruitment… Training… Gallipoli: Landing/stalemate/withdrawal.
Episode 2
The Big Push – Arrival in France (1916)… Nursery Sector… The Battle of the Somme… Pozieres.
Episode 3
The Devils Arithmetic – The Somme Winter (1916-17)… The Hindenburg Line… Bullecourt… Blighty Leave… Third Battle of Ypres begins (July 1917)… Menin Road… Broodseinde Ridge
Episode 4
Fields of Fire – Third Battle of Ypres bogs down (November 1917)… The German Offensive (March 1918)… The Battle of Amiens… Hazebrouk… Battle of Nieppe Forest.
Episode 5
Now There was a Day – The Yanks are coming… ‘Peaceful Penetration’… Monash appointed Commander of the 5 Australian Divisions… Battle of Hamel… The ‘Jack ups’ Monash’s Big Push (8 August 1918)… Armistice (11 November 1918)… Back Home. …Anzacs – 5-DVD Box Set ( Anzacs: The War Down Under )