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Book, Macdonald & Co, Raid on St. Nazaire, 1970
... World war 1939 – 1945 –Naval operations...-and-the-dandenong-ranges St Nazaire raid 1942 World war 1939 – 1945 –Naval ...The raid on the naval facilities at St Nazaire destroyed the dock area and denied its use to the German navyIll, maps, p.158.non-fictionThe raid on the naval facilities at St Nazaire destroyed the dock area and denied its use to the German navyst nazaire raid 1942, world war 1939 – 1945 –naval operations -
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Book, Patersons Printing Pres, Age shall not weary them : the story of H.M.A.S. Perth, 1949?
... World war 1939 – 1945 – Naval operations - Australia...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 – Naval operations ...A personal reminisces of a crewman sailing on HMAS PerthIll, p.148.non-fictionA personal reminisces of a crewman sailing on HMAS Perthworld war 1939 – 1945 – naval operations - australia, hmas perth -
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Book, Halstead Press, Somewhere below : the Sydney scandal exposed, 2005
... World war 1939 – 1945 – Naval operations - Australia...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 – Naval operations ...Eighteen days before Pearl Harbour and Japan opens fire on Australia. The RAN's cover-up of the action that sank HMAS Sydney on the 19th November 1941 has been a public scandal for decades. Here is the first book to explain how Churchill and Roosevelt sacrificed the Sydney and the US Pearl Harbour fleet.Index, bibliography, ill, p.159non-fictionEighteen days before Pearl Harbour and Japan opens fire on Australia. The RAN's cover-up of the action that sank HMAS Sydney on the 19th November 1941 has been a public scandal for decades. Here is the first book to explain how Churchill and Roosevelt sacrificed the Sydney and the US Pearl Harbour fleet.world war 1939 – 1945 – naval operations - australia, hmas sydney -
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Book, Pan, The Russian convoys, 1971
... World war 1939 – 1945 –Naval operations - Britain...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 –Naval operations - Britain ...A northern sea saga of heroism, bravery and enduranceIndex, bibliography, ill, maps, p.222.non-fictionA northern sea saga of heroism, bravery and enduranceworld war 1939 – 1945 –naval operations - britain, russian convoys -
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Book, Cassell, Hitler's U-boat war : the hunted, 1942-1945, 2000
... World war 1939 – 1945 –Naval operations - Britain...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 –Naval operations - Britain U ...The second volume of this history covers the period 1942 - 1945 when the U boats suffered reverses and final defeat.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.909.non-fictionThe second volume of this history covers the period 1942 - 1945 when the U boats suffered reverses and final defeat.world war 1939 – 1945 –naval operations - britain, u-boats - germany -
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Book, Naval Institute, U-boat adventures : firsthand accounts from World War II, 2010
... World war 1939 – 1945 –Naval operations - Germany...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 –Naval operations - Germany ...Twenty-two U-boat veterans tell their stories in this collection of their experiences, recorded by the author during several years of travel throughout Germany. While many books have been written about the U-boat war, this is one of the few that focuses on the lives of the submariners, and rarer still is its concentration on the crewmen rather than the officers. Melanie Wiggins interviewed seventeen men of the enlisted ranks, along with five commanders, to take readers into the terrifying world of underwater warfare, where every single crewman made a crucial difference in the fate of his boat. As she searched for and interviewed U-boat men, Wiggins also collected photographs from scrapbooks and archives, and consulted war-era personnel records and secret diaries. Her attendance at a reunion of the crew of U-682 netted a wealth of information as did her interviews with submarine veterans in Gؤrlitz, former East Germany. Her interviews with Admiral Otto Kretschmer just two months before his death and ninety-four-year-old Commander Jѓrgen Wattenberg in Hamburg add important dimensions to the work. Among the individual sagas included are Radioman Hans Bѓrck's description of his 1942 patrol to Aruba and the visit of Japanese submarine I-30 at Lorient; Fireman 2nd Class Josef Erben's explanation of how his boat, U-128, got stuck on a large rock and had to be hauled free; POW Ernst Gؤ:thling's memories of being wounded in a British prison camp when German planes mistakenly dropped bombs in the area.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, p.250.non-fictionTwenty-two U-boat veterans tell their stories in this collection of their experiences, recorded by the author during several years of travel throughout Germany. While many books have been written about the U-boat war, this is one of the few that focuses on the lives of the submariners, and rarer still is its concentration on the crewmen rather than the officers. Melanie Wiggins interviewed seventeen men of the enlisted ranks, along with five commanders, to take readers into the terrifying world of underwater warfare, where every single crewman made a crucial difference in the fate of his boat. As she searched for and interviewed U-boat men, Wiggins also collected photographs from scrapbooks and archives, and consulted war-era personnel records and secret diaries. Her attendance at a reunion of the crew of U-682 netted a wealth of information as did her interviews with submarine veterans in Gؤrlitz, former East Germany. Her interviews with Admiral Otto Kretschmer just two months before his death and ninety-four-year-old Commander Jѓrgen Wattenberg in Hamburg add important dimensions to the work. Among the individual sagas included are Radioman Hans Bѓrck's description of his 1942 patrol to Aruba and the visit of Japanese submarine I-30 at Lorient; Fireman 2nd Class Josef Erben's explanation of how his boat, U-128, got stuck on a large rock and had to be hauled free; POW Ernst Gؤ:thling's memories of being wounded in a British prison camp when German planes mistakenly dropped bombs in the area.world war 1939 – 1945 –naval operations - germany, germany - u-boats -
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Book, Australian War Memoria, Royal Australian Navy, 1939-1942, 1957
... world war 1939 – 1945 – naval operations - australia...-and-the-dandenong-ranges world war 1939 – 1945 – naval operations ...This volume tells briefly the story of the Royal Australian Navy and of Australian naval policy between the wars, and then records the part played by the ships and men of that Navy on every ocean and particularly in the eastern Mediterranean and Indian and Pacific Oceans from 1939 until the end of the first quarter of 1942. When the volume ends most of the surviving ships are on the Australia Station again and the Japanese fleets dominate half the Pacific Ocean and the seas to the north of Australia. The [author] describes not only the actions of the Australian ships but the problems and policies of the British fleets of which they often formed a part, and discusses the strategical and administrative questions encountered by the senior leaders in AustraliaIndex, ill, maps, p.686.non-fictionThis volume tells briefly the story of the Royal Australian Navy and of Australian naval policy between the wars, and then records the part played by the ships and men of that Navy on every ocean and particularly in the eastern Mediterranean and Indian and Pacific Oceans from 1939 until the end of the first quarter of 1942. When the volume ends most of the surviving ships are on the Australia Station again and the Japanese fleets dominate half the Pacific Ocean and the seas to the north of Australia. The [author] describes not only the actions of the Australian ships but the problems and policies of the British fleets of which they often formed a part, and discusses the strategical and administrative questions encountered by the senior leaders in Australiaworld war 1939 – 1945 – naval operations - australia, royal australian navy - history -
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Book, West Australian Newspapers, No survivors : HMAS Sydney : the 50-year-old mystery of Australia's greatest naval tragedy, 1991
... World war 1939 – 1945 – Naval operations - Australia...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 – Naval operations ...50th anniversary commemorative issue of the sinking of HMAS SydneyBibliography, ill, p.48.non-fiction50th anniversary commemorative issue of the sinking of HMAS Sydney world war 1939 – 1945 – naval operations - australia, hmas sydney -
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Book, Commonwealth Department of Veterans, Memories & memorabilia : recognising and preserving Australia's war heritage, 2014
... World war 1939 – 1945 – Personal narratives – Australia... and preservation World war 1939 – 1945 – Personal narratives – Australia ...A guide to Australia's war heritage. To provide opportunities for future generations to understand, investigate and value these experiences, we must ensure that the significant material relating to Australia's war heritage is preserved.Ill, p.88.non-fictionA guide to Australia's war heritage. To provide opportunities for future generations to understand, investigate and value these experiences, we must ensure that the significant material relating to Australia's war heritage is preserved.war memorials - australia - conservation and preservation, world war 1939 – 1945 – personal narratives – australia -
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Book, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, The time of the soldier, 1991
... World war 1939 – 1945 – Personal narratives – Australia...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 – Personal narratives ...An account of the author's experiences in two World Wars, as a Sergeant Major in a machine gun battalion and as a prisoner of the Japanese in Java, Singapore and Thailand.Ill, p.210.non-fictionAn account of the author's experiences in two World Wars, as a Sergeant Major in a machine gun battalion and as a prisoner of the Japanese in Java, Singapore and Thailand. world war 1939 – 1945 – personal narratives – australia, prisoners of war - australia -
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Book, Werner Laurie, The naked island, 1954
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...Story of the Malayan Campaign of 1942 and subsequent captivity in the hands of the Japanese from a private soldier's point of view.Ill, p.266.non-fictionStory of the Malayan Campaign of 1942 and subsequent captivity in the hands of the Japanese from a private soldier's point of view. world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, prisoners of war - australia -
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Book, Hugh V Clarke, A life for every sleeper : a pictorial record of the Burma - Thailand railway, 1988
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...This book is based on documents, photographs and maps preserved in the records of the Australian war memorial, and on the experiences of the author.Ill, p.115.non-fictionThis book is based on documents, photographs and maps preserved in the records of the Australian war memorial, and on the experiences of the author.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, burma thailand railway -
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Book, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Changi Photographer : George Aspinall's Record of Captivity, 1984
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...George Aspinalls photography hobby during captivity has resulted in a unique visual diary.Index, ill, p.141.non-fictionGeorge Aspinalls photography hobby during captivity has resulted in a unique visual diary.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, changi prison -
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Book, Kangaroo Press, Singapore samurai, 1998
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...The authors escape from Changi jail and their subsequent recaapture and ill treatment.p.250.non-fictionThe authors escape from Changi jail and their subsequent recaapture and ill treatment. world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, changi jail -
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Book, McMillan, British civilians and the Japanese war in Malaya and Singapore, 1941-1945, 1987
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...An account of British civilians interned in Malaya and Singapore 1942-1945.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.156.non-fictionAn account of British civilians interned in Malaya and Singapore 1942-1945.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, civilian internment - malaya and singapore -
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Book, Monsoon, You'll die in Singapore: True account of one of the most amazing POW escapes in WWII, 2005
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...With sixteen other POWs, author Charles McCormac broke out from his POW camp in Japanese-occupied Singapore and began a two-thousand-mile escape from Singapore, through the jungles of Indonesia to Australia. The POWs' escape took a staggering five months and only two out of the original seventeen men survived. This is McCormac's compelling true account of one of the most horrifying and amazing escapes in World War Two. It is a story of courage, endurance and compassion, and makes for a very gripping read.Ill, maps, p.223.non-fictionWith sixteen other POWs, author Charles McCormac broke out from his POW camp in Japanese-occupied Singapore and began a two-thousand-mile escape from Singapore, through the jungles of Indonesia to Australia. The POWs' escape took a staggering five months and only two out of the original seventeen men survived. This is McCormac's compelling true account of one of the most horrifying and amazing escapes in World War Two. It is a story of courage, endurance and compassion, and makes for a very gripping read.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, prisoner of war escapes - singapore -
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Book, Allen & Unwin, The Burma-Thailand railway : memory and history, 1993
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...The reminiscences of Australian POW's and Japanese historians at a meeting 50 years after the war ended on the Burma Thailand railway.Index, notes, ill, tales, p.175.non-fictionThe reminiscences of Australian POW's and Japanese historians at a meeting 50 years after the war ended on the Burma Thailand railway.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, burma - thailand railway -
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Book, Pan Macmillan, One fourteenth of an elephant : a memoir of life and death on the Burma-Thailand railway, 2003
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...Four and a half days after being transported out of Singapore in a steel goods train in October 1942, prisoner of war Denys Peek found himself in Siam, and a part of the labor force destined for the project that was later to be known as the Thai-Burma Death Railway.Maps, p.520.non-fictionFour and a half days after being transported out of Singapore in a steel goods train in October 1942, prisoner of war Denys Peek found himself in Siam, and a part of the labor force destined for the project that was later to be known as the Thai-Burma Death Railway.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, burma - thailand railway -
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Book, Hachette, The Changi Brownlow, 2010
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...After Singapore fell to the Japanese in early 1942, 70000 prisoners, including 15000 Australians, were held as POWs at the notorious Changi prison. To amuse themselves, a group of sportsmen created an Aussie Football League, complete with tribunal, selection panel, umpires and coaches, a final game, and a Brownlow Medal.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.376.non-fictionAfter Singapore fell to the Japanese in early 1942, 70000 prisoners, including 15000 Australians, were held as POWs at the notorious Changi prison. To amuse themselves, a group of sportsmen created an Aussie Football League, complete with tribunal, selection panel, umpires and coaches, a final game, and a Brownlow Medal.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, changi prison - singapore -
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Book, Penguin, Behind bamboo, 1991
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...The bestselling memoir of life as an Australian POW on the notorious Thai-Burma railway. Rohan Rivett was a journalist in Singapore when it fell to the Japanese in 1942. He escaped south - across the treacherous Bangka Strait - to Indonesia, but was soon captured and became just one of thousands of POWs struggling for existence in a Japanese camp. The struggle was to last for more than three years. Behind Bamboo is unflinching in its honesty and haunting in its realism. It is a vivid, compelling testament to the Australians' will to survive and their unassailable spirit in the face of the most callous inhumanity.Ill, p.400.non-fiction The bestselling memoir of life as an Australian POW on the notorious Thai-Burma railway. Rohan Rivett was a journalist in Singapore when it fell to the Japanese in 1942. He escaped south - across the treacherous Bangka Strait - to Indonesia, but was soon captured and became just one of thousands of POWs struggling for existence in a Japanese camp. The struggle was to last for more than three years. Behind Bamboo is unflinching in its honesty and haunting in its realism. It is a vivid, compelling testament to the Australians' will to survive and their unassailable spirit in the face of the most callous inhumanity.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, burma - thailand railway -
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Book, Sage Large Print, Stoker, 1995
... World war 1939 – 1945 – Personal narratives – Australia...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 – Personal narratives ...The story of an Australian soldier who survived Auschwitz-Birkenau.p.220.non-fictionThe story of an Australian soldier who survived Auschwitz-Birkenau.world war 1939 – 1945 – personal narratives – australia, prisoners of war - australia -
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Book, Department of Veterans' Affair, Stolen Years : Australian Prisoners of War, 2002
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Australia...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...Created by the Australian War Memorial, this book is an online companion to a travelling exhibition that explores the lives of those who were held captive by the Japanese. It describes what happened during the time these individuals spend months and years behind barbed wire, hungry, bored, cold, and sick. The book tells the story of how many survived and why they deserve our respect and understanding.Ill, p.157.non-fictionCreated by the Australian War Memorial, this book is an online companion to a travelling exhibition that explores the lives of those who were held captive by the Japanese. It describes what happened during the time these individuals spend months and years behind barbed wire, hungry, bored, cold, and sick. The book tells the story of how many survived and why they deserve our respect and understanding. world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – australia, prisoners of war - australia - pictorial works -
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Book, Neil McDonald et al, Valiant for truth: The life of Chester Wilmot, war correspondent, 2016
... world war 1939-1945 - journalists - biography... defeat of Nazi Germany. world war 1939-1945 - journalists ...Valiant for the truth charts Wilmots exceptional life as he reported key events of the twentieth century.Notes, index, bibliography, maps, p.463.non-fictionValiant for the truth charts Wilmots exceptional life as he reported key events of the twentieth century.world war 1939-1945 - journalists - biography, wilmot chester 1911-1954 -
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Book, Alfred Price, The last year of the Luftwaffe: May 1944-May 1945, 1993
... world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - germany...-and-the-dandenong-ranges germany - luftwaffe - history world war 1939-1945 ...A detailed account of the Luftwaffe in the final year of World War TwoIndex, Bibliography, ill (b/w), maps, p,184.non-fictionA detailed account of the Luftwaffe in the final year of World War Twogermany - luftwaffe - history, world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - germany -
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Book, Albert Coates et al, The Albert Coates story, 1977
... world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia...-and-the-dandenong-ranges prisoners of war - australia world war 1939-1945 ...A description of Albert Coates and of his imprisonment as a prisoner of the Japanese in Sumatra, Burma and ThailandIndex, bibliography, ill (b/w), p.185.non-fictionA description of Albert Coates and of his imprisonment as a prisoner of the Japanese in Sumatra, Burma and Thailandprisoners of war - australia, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia -
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Book, Sue Ebury, Weary: The life of Sir Edward Dunlop, 1994
... world war 1939-1945 - prisoners and prisons - japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges world war 1939-1945 - prisoners and prisons ...A biography of the varied and inspirational life of Sir Edward DunlopIndex, bibliography, notes, ill (b/w)non-fictionA biography of the varied and inspirational life of Sir Edward Dunlopworld war 1939-1945 - prisoners and prisons - japanese, sir edward dunlop - biography -
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Book, Edward Bishop, Mosquito: The wooden wonder, 1990
... world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - britain...-and-the-dandenong-ranges de havilland mosquito world war 1939-1945 - aerial ...The de Havilland mosquito was the most versatile and successful military aircraft of World War Two, used in a variety of rolesIndex, ill (b/w), p.170.non-fictionThe de Havilland mosquito was the most versatile and successful military aircraft of World War Two, used in a variety of rolesde havilland mosquito, world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - britain -
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Book, Squadron Signal Publications, B-29 Superfortress, 2008
... world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - united states...-and-the-dandenong-ranges b-29 superfortress world war 1939-1945 - aerial ...A mainly pictorial account of the B-29 Superfortress.ill (maimly col), p.80.non-fictionA mainly pictorial account of the B-29 Superfortress.b-29 superfortress, world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - united states -
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Book, Jim Mesko, U.S Tank destroyers in action, 1998
... world war 1939-1945 - tank warfare...-and-the-dandenong-ranges tank destroyers - united states - history world war ...A pictorial and descriptive history of US tank destroyersill (b/w, col), p.49.non-fictionA pictorial and descriptive history of US tank destroyerstank destroyers - united states - history, world war 1939-1945 - tank warfare -
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Book, Jim Mesko, M3 half track in action, 1996
... world war 1939-1945 - armoured vehicles... war 1939-1945 - armoured vehicles A descriptive and pictorial ...A descriptive and pictorial history of the M3 half trackill (b/w,col), p.49.non-fictionA descriptive and pictorial history of the M3 half trackarmoured vehicles - united states - history, world war 1939-1945 - armoured vehicles