Showing 12118 items matching " world war"
-
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Clothing - Jerkin, Leather, H. Creighton, Approx 1947
... World War 2...Unknown World War 2 Second World War Australian Military ...UnknownSleeveless brown leather jerkin lined with khaki wool serge. The jerkin fastens down the front with four large brown plastic buttons, which fasten into leather bound buttonholes. Jerkin Leather Jacket Size 41, to fit 34 to 40Australian Military Forces printed on the buttonsworld war 2, second world war -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book - Illustrated book, Olive L. C. Hayes 1888-1978, "We are here too": diaries and letter of Sister Olive L. C. Haynes No. 2 A.G.H. November 1914 to February 1918, 1991
... World War 1914-1918 - Medical Care... into the experiences of nurses during World War One Olive L.C.Hayes World War ...A collection of letters and diary extracts written by Olive Haynes, between 1914 and 1918. This book gives an invaluable insight into the experiences of an Australian Army nurse whose service saw her minister to casualties from some of Australia's most significant campaigns during World War OneIllustrated book with brown and cream cover. Title, editors name, and an illustration of a gramophone are printed in brown on the front cover. Also on the front cover is a brown and white photo of a man and woman riding camels in front of the Sphinx: Olive " airing herself around the Pyramids in lieu of pay" accompanied by Dr John Kneebone. Title is also printed in brown on the spine. On the back cover are printed extracts from the book, along with two small photographs, one is of the front of an envelope, the other is a photograph of Olive Haynes in uniform 1915non-fictionA collection of letters and diary extracts written by Olive Haynes, between 1914 and 1918. This book gives an invaluable insight into the experiences of an Australian Army nurse whose service saw her minister to casualties from some of Australia's most significant campaigns during World War Oneolive l.c.hayes, world war 1914-1918 - medical care, world war 1914-1918-hospitals, australian army nurses, nurse -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book - Illustrated book, Peter Rees 1948, The other ANZACS: Nurses at War, 1914-1918, 2008
... World War 1914-1918 - Medical Care... World War 1914-1918 - Medical Care World War 1914-1918-Female ...Using diaries and letters the author takes us into the hospital camps, the wards and the tent surgeries on the edge of some of the most horrific battlefronts of human history. He also showed how the friendships and loves of these courageous and compassionate women enriched their experiences.Illustrated book with dustjacket. Book has a brown cover with abbreviated title and authors name embossed in gold on spine. Dust jacket has a coloured black and white photograph of a nurse in uniform holding an umbrella, book and pencil with tents in the background: Grace Wilson on the Aegean Island of Lemnos, 1915. Full title is printed in white and gold on front along with the author's name in gold. Abbreviated title is printed in brown and gold on spine, along with the author's name and publishers mark in whitenon-fictionUsing diaries and letters the author takes us into the hospital camps, the wards and the tent surgeries on the edge of some of the most horrific battlefronts of human history. He also showed how the friendships and loves of these courageous and compassionate women enriched their experiences.australia army-nurses, military nursing-australia, world war 1914-1918 - medical care, world war 1914-1918-female participation, nurses -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, John Laffin, Western front 1916-191: The price of honour, 1987
... World war 1914-1918 - Australian involvement...World war 1914-1918 - Australian involvement World War 1914 ...Australian troops fighting in France between 1916 and 1917Index, bib, ill, maps, p.163.non-fictionAustralian troops fighting in France between 1916 and 1917world war 1914-1918 - australian involvement, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - france -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, Gallipoli: One long grave, 1986
... World War 1914-1918 - Australian involvement...World War 1914-1918 - Australian involvement World War 1914 ...Australian involvement in the Gallipoli campaignIndex, bib, ill, maps, p.163.non-fictionAustralian involvement in the Gallipoli campaignworld war 1914-1918 - australian involvement, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - gallipoli -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, John Laffin, Western front 1917-1918: The cost of victory, 1988
... World war 1914-1918 - Australian involvement...World war 1914-1918 - Australian involvement World War 1914 ...Australian troops fighting in France between 1917 and 1918Index, bib, ill, maps, p.163.non-fictionAustralian troops fighting in France between 1917 and 1918world war 1914-1918 - australian involvement, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - france -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, North Africa 1940 - 1942: The desert war, 1988
... World War 1939-1945 - Australian involvement...World War 1939-1945 - Australian involvement World War 1939 ...Australian involvement in the North African campaign 1940-1942Index, bib, ill, maps, p.163.non-fictionAustralian involvement in the North African campaign 1940-1942world war 1939-1945 - australian involvement, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - north africa -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, War against Japan 1941-1942, 1988
... World War 1939-1945 - Australian involvement...World War 1939-1945 - Australian involvement World War 1939 ...Australian troops fighting against Japan in 1941 and 1942Index, bib, ill, maps, p.163.non-fictionAustralian troops fighting against Japan in 1941 and 1942world war 1939-1945 - australian involvement, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - pacific area -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, War against Japan 1942-1945, 1989
... World War 1939-1945 - Australian involvement...World War 1939-1945 - Australian involvement World War 1939 ...Australian troops fighting against Japan in 1941 and 1942Index, bib, ill, maps, p.163.non-fictionAustralian troops fighting against Japan in 1941 and 1942world war 1939-1945 - australian involvement, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - pacific area -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, Air battle Europe 1939-1945, 1987
... World War 1939-1945 - Australian involvement...World War 1939-1945 - Australian involvement World War 1939 ...Australian involvement in the air war in Europe 1939-1945Index, bib, ill, maps, p.163.non-fictionAustralian involvement in the air war in Europe 1939-1945world war 1939-1945 - australian involvement, world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - europe -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books et al, The shadow war, 1989
... World war 1939-1945 - Espionage...World war 1939-1945 - Espionage World war 1939-1945 ...This volume is one of a series that chronicles the rise and fall of Nazi Germany. It examines German espionageIndex, bibliography, ill, p.185.non-fictionThis volume is one of a series that chronicles the rise and fall of Nazi Germany. It examines German espionageworld war 1939-1945 - espionage, world war 1939-1945 - diplomatic history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time-Life Books, The air war in Europe, 1981
... World War 1939-1945 - Aerial operations - United States...World War 1939-1945 - Aerial operations - United States ...Describe the bombing war against Germany by the RAAF and the USAAF,Index, bib, ill, p.208.non-fictionDescribe the bombing war against Germany by the RAAF and the USAAF,world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - united states, world war 1939-1945 - aerial operarions - britain -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time-Life Books, The battle of the Atlantic, 1977
... World War 1939-1945 - Naval operations...World War 1939-1945 - Naval operations World War 1939-1945 ...Germany attempts to strangle Britain--U-boats--Bismarck--convoys--Allied counterattack.Index, bib, ill, , maps, p.208.non-fictionGermany attempts to strangle Britain--U-boats--Bismarck--convoys--Allied counterattack. world war 1939-1945 - naval operations, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - atlantic ocean -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time-Life Books, Blitzkrieg, 1977
... World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western Europe...World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western Europe World War ...Hitler's armies smash Poland--Denmark and Norway fall--they take Holland and Belgium--and France collapses.Index, bib, ill, , maps, p.208.non-fictionHitler's armies smash Poland--Denmark and Norway fall--they take Holland and Belgium--and France collapses.world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - western europe, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - poland -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time-Life Books, Battle of Britain, 1977
... World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western Europe...World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western Europe World War ...An account of the aircraft, pilots, tactics, and results of the three-month Battle of Britain in 1940.Index, bib, ill, , maps, p.208.non-fictionAn account of the aircraft, pilots, tactics, and results of the three-month Battle of Britain in 1940. world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - western europe, world war 1939-1945 - battle of britain 1940 -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time-Life Books, The home front USA, 1977
... World War 1939-1945- Social aspects...World War 1939-1945- Social aspects World War 1939-1945 ...Six chapters and picture essays describe the conditions and situations in the United States during World War II.Index, bib, ill, p.208.non-fictionSix chapters and picture essays describe the conditions and situations in the United States during World War II.world war 1939-1945- social aspects, world war 1939-1945 - united states - war preparations -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time-Life Books et al, The battle of the bulge, 1979
... World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western Europe...World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western Europe World War ...The battle of the bulge was the final attempt by Germany to win the warIndex, bib, ill, p.208.non-fictionThe battle of the bulge was the final attempt by Germany to win the warworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - western europe, world war 1939 - 1945 - battle of the bulge -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time-Life Books, China, Burma, India, 1977
... World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Burma...World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Burma World War 1939-1945 ...Examines the military and political events, battles, campaigns, and leaders of World War II in China, Burma, and India.Index, bib, ill, , maps, p.208.non-fictionExamines the military and political events, battles, campaigns, and leaders of World War II in China, Burma, and India.world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - burma, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - india -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time-Life Books, The road to Tokyo, 1979
... World War 1939 -1945 - Campaigns - Pacific Area...World War 1939 -1945 - Campaigns - Pacific Area World War ...The final campaigns in the Pacific durin World War IIIndex, bib, ill, p.208.non-fictionThe final campaigns in the Pacific durin World War IIworld war 1939 -1945 - campaigns - pacific area, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - okinawa -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time-Life Books, The resistance, 1979
... World War 1939-1945 - Underground Movements...World War 1939-1945 - Underground Movements World war 1939 ...Profusely illustrated text discusses the underground resistance organizations that operated in Nazi-occupied European countries during World War II.Index, bib, ill, p.203.non-fictionProfusely illustrated text discusses the underground resistance organizations that operated in Nazi-occupied European countries during World War II.world war 1939-1945 - underground movements, world war 1939-1945- resistance -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, War under the Pacific, 1980
... World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Pacific area...World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Pacific area World War ...American and Japanese submarine warfare in World War IIIndex, bibliography, ill, p.208.non-fictionAmerican and Japanese submarine warfare in World War IIworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - pacific area, world war 1939-1945 - submarine warfare -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time-Life Books, Battles for Scandinavia, 1981
... World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Scandinavia...World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Scandinavia World War ...The Finno - Russian war and the German invasion of Norway are described hereIndex, bib, ill, p.208.non-fictionThe Finno - Russian war and the German invasion of Norway are described hereworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - scandinavia, world war 1939-1945 - finland -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time-Life Books, Prisoners of war, 1981
... World War 1939-1945 - prisoners of war - Germany...World War 1939-1945 - prisoners of war - Germany World war ...The experiences of prisoners of war of all belligerents are described in this bookIndex, bib, ill, p.208.non-fictionThe experiences of prisoners of war of all belligerents are described in this bookworld war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war - germany, world war 1939-1945 - prisoners and prisons - japan -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time-Life Books, Battles for Scandinavia, 1981
... World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Scandinavia...World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Scandinavia World War ...The Finno - Russian war and the German invasion of Norway are described hereIndex, bib, ill, p.208.non-fictionThe Finno - Russian war and the German invasion of Norway are described hereworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - scandinavia, world war 1939-1945 - finland -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time-Life Books, The Commandos, 1981
... World War 1939-1945 - Commando operations...World War 1939-1945 - Commando operations World War 1939 ...Actions and activities of Commando forces in World War IIIndex, bib, ill, p.208.non-fictionActions and activities of Commando forces in World War IIworld war 1939-1945 - commando operations, world war 1939-1945 - special forces -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Hugh V. Clarke and Colin Burgess, Barbed wire and bamboo : Australian POWs in Europe, North Africa, Singapore, Thailand and Japan, 1993
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese ...A collection of stories of capture, imprisonment and escape in World War I and II. Covering experiences in Europe and in South East Asia, the book presents contrasting PoW experiences - of daring escapes from Colditz Castle, and of endurance and slow suffering in Japanese camps.Ill, maps, p.159A collection of stories of capture, imprisonment and escape in World War I and II. Covering experiences in Europe and in South East Asia, the book presents contrasting PoW experiences - of daring escapes from Colditz Castle, and of endurance and slow suffering in Japanese camps.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – germany -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time-Life Books, Prelude to war, 1977
... World War 1939-1945 - Causes...World War 1939-1945 - Causes World War 1939-1945- Social ...Seven chapters and picture essays describe conditions and situations contributing to the beginning of World War II.Index, bib, ill, p.216.non-fictionSeven chapters and picture essays describe conditions and situations contributing to the beginning of World War II.world war 1939-1945 - causes, world war 1939-1945- social aspects -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, The secret war, 1988
... World war 1939-1945 - Secret service...World war 1939-1945 - Secret service World war 1939-1945 ...Text and photographic essays tell of espionage in World War II: the spies, spy networks, codes, electronic eavesdropping, weapons and hoaxes used by both sides.Index, bibliography, ill, p.208.non-fictionText and photographic essays tell of espionage in World War II: the spies, spy networks, codes, electronic eavesdropping, weapons and hoaxes used by both sides. world war 1939-1945 - secret service, world war 1939-1945 - cryptography -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, Red army resurgent, 1979
... World War 1939-1945 - Russia...World War 1939-1945 - Russia World War 1939-1945 ...Describes the turning point on the Russian front in 1942-1943Index, bibliography, ill, p.208.non-fictionDescribes the turning point on the Russian front in 1942-1943world war 1939-1945 - russia, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - russia -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time-Life Books, War in the outposts, 1980
... World War 1939-1945 - Pictorial works...World War 1939-1945 - Pictorial works World war 1939-1945 ...Describes the peripheral conflicts and actions of World War IIIndex, bib, ill, p.208.non-fictionDescribes the peripheral conflicts and actions of World War IIworld war 1939-1945 - pictorial works, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns