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T.A.G. Hungerford, The ridge and the river, 1952
A novel based on the author's experiences while serving with the 2/8 Australian Commando Squadron in New Guinea, New Britain and Bougainville during World War II.p.220fictionA novel based on the author's experiences while serving with the 2/8 Australian Commando Squadron in New Guinea, New Britain and Bougainville during World War II.world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - new guinea, world war 1939-1945 - fiction -
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Book, W. Blackwood, The valley of the shadow, 1949
De Wet gives his experiences as a secret agent of France in Prague, and of his capture and imprisonment by the Gestapo.Ill, p.298.non-fictionDe Wet gives his experiences as a secret agent of France in Prague, and of his capture and imprisonment by the Gestapo.world war 1939-1945 - espionage - france, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - britain -
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Book, Erich von Manstein, Lost victories, 1958
The war memoirs of Field Marshal Erich von MansteinIndex, ill, maps, p.574non-fictionThe war memoirs of Field Marshal Erich von Mansteinworld war 1939-1945 - germany - history, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - germany -
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Book, Hamish Hamilton, A Year of battle, 1943
The travels of a British war correspondent during World war twoIndex, ill, maps, p.256.non-fictionThe travels of a British war correspondent during World war twoworld war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - britain, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - north africa -
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Book, Cassell, The Knights of Bushido, 1960
An account of Japanese war atrocities.Index, ill, p.329.non-fictionAn account of Japanese war atrocities.world war 1939-1945 - atrocities, japan - war crimes -
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Book, Australasian Publishing Co, Here was glory, 1944
Poetical works from World War twoIll, p.95.fictionPoetical works from World War twoworld war 1939-1945 - poetry, australia - poetry -
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Book, Oxford University Press, A short history of Australia, 1937
Outline of Australian history to the outbreak of the First World War ; includes refererences to Governor George Arthur's "Black line" and George Robinson's work among Aboriginal Tasmanians.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.374.non-fictionOutline of Australian history to the outbreak of the First World War ; includes refererences to Governor George Arthur's "Black line" and George Robinson's work among Aboriginal Tasmanians. australia - history, australia - social life and customs -
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Book, Sir William Slim, Courage : and other broadcasts, 1957
Speeches and broadcasts by Sir William Slimp.186.non-fictionSpeeches and broadcasts by Sir William Slimworld war 1939-1945, speeches and broadcasts -
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Book, William Heinemann, A town like Alice, 1950
A novel told partly in flashbacks about a girl's search for the Australian she met in Malaya during World War II. A young woman who miraculously survived a Japanese "death march" in World War II, and an Australian soldier, also a prisoner of war, who offered to help her--even at the cost of his life.p.332.fictionA novel told partly in flashbacks about a girl's search for the Australian she met in Malaya during World War II. A young woman who miraculously survived a Japanese "death march" in World War II, and an Australian soldier, also a prisoner of war, who offered to help her--even at the cost of his life.australia - fiction, women prisoners - fiction -
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Book, Percival Christopher Wren, Beau Geste, 1927
Beau Geste is an adventure novel by British writer P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a relative. Published in 1924, the novel is set in the period before World War I. It has been adapted for the screen several times.p.410.fictionBeau Geste is an adventure novel by British writer P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a relative. Published in 1924, the novel is set in the period before World War I. It has been adapted for the screen several times. england - fiction, french foreign legion -
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Book, HG Wells, The war in the air : and particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways fared while it lasted, 1941
When Bert Smallways is accidentally whisked off to Germany in a balloon carrying plans for a top-secret aeroplane, he gets involved in Prince Karl Albert's massive airship raid on New York ... first step in a war which soon flares into world wide catastrophe.p.255.fictionWhen Bert Smallways is accidentally whisked off to Germany in a balloon carrying plans for a top-secret aeroplane, he gets involved in Prince Karl Albert's massive airship raid on New York ... first step in a war which soon flares into world wide catastrophe.air warfare - fiction, science fiction - english -
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Book, Peter B. Kyne, The pride of Palomar, 1924
World War I vet Forest Stanley returns home to California to find his father's ranch in jepardy of being sold to an Eastern capitalist. Being a veteran he has a one year grace period to pay off the mortgage, and he does so with the help of the daughter of the very man who wants to buy the land for himself.p.312.fictionWorld War I vet Forest Stanley returns home to California to find his father's ranch in jepardy of being sold to an Eastern capitalist. Being a veteran he has a one year grace period to pay off the mortgage, and he does so with the help of the daughter of the very man who wants to buy the land for himself. ranch life - fiction, western fiction -
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Book, J.H. Williams, Elephant Bill, 1956
Though he was officially known as Lt. Colonel J.H. Williams, the author was known to the world at large as Elephant Bill. That is because he spent 25 years living with the elephants in the mountains and forests of Burma. There he trained them to haul teak logs out of the isolated jungles. Yet this is also a story of great courage because when the Second World War struck, it also came to Burma. The Japanese Imperial Army planned to confiscate the Burmese elephants, drafting them to make the bridges and railways they needed to invade India. When he learned of these plans to put his beloved animals to a war-like purpose, Elephant Bill knew what had to be done. The mighty kings of the jungle had to be evacuated to safety. Elephant Bill is thus the story not only of the peaceful days in the jungle, starting in 1921, but also the story of the largest elephant rescue in history. It tells the amazing account of how Elephant Bill, along with his friends and family, rode 45 of the great beasts across the mountains of Burma, before reaching safety in faraway India. Collapse summaryIll, p.245.non-fictionThough he was officially known as Lt. Colonel J.H. Williams, the author was known to the world at large as Elephant Bill. That is because he spent 25 years living with the elephants in the mountains and forests of Burma. There he trained them to haul teak logs out of the isolated jungles. Yet this is also a story of great courage because when the Second World War struck, it also came to Burma. The Japanese Imperial Army planned to confiscate the Burmese elephants, drafting them to make the bridges and railways they needed to invade India. When he learned of these plans to put his beloved animals to a war-like purpose, Elephant Bill knew what had to be done. The mighty kings of the jungle had to be evacuated to safety. Elephant Bill is thus the story not only of the peaceful days in the jungle, starting in 1921, but also the story of the largest elephant rescue in history. It tells the amazing account of how Elephant Bill, along with his friends and family, rode 45 of the great beasts across the mountains of Burma, before reaching safety in faraway India. Collapse summary world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - burma, elephants - burma -
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Book, Jarrolds, Twenty-five years with Earl Haig, 1929
Reminisces of the personal servant of Earl HaigIll, p.288.non-fictionReminisces of the personal servant of Earl Haigworld war 1914-1918 - campaigns - france, generals - great britain - biography -
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Book, Hodder and Stoughton, Lord Wavell (1883-1941) : a military biography, 1948
A biography of Lord WavellIndex, ill, maps, p.488.non-fictionA biography of Lord Wavellgenerals - great britain - biography, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - north africa -
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Book, Ward, Lock & Co, Khaki and gown : an autobiography, 1941
Autobiography of British Field Marshal Lord Birdwood, who saw action in India, the Second Boer War, and World War I.Index, ill, maps, p.456.non-fictionAutobiography of British Field Marshal Lord Birdwood, who saw action in India, the Second Boer War, and World War I.generals - great britain - biography, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - france -
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Book, Jonathon Cape, 'T. E. Lawrence' : in Arabia and after, 1934
The life and time of Lawrence of ArabiaIll, maps, p.454non-fictionThe life and time of Lawrence of Arabiaarab peninsula - history, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - middle east -
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Book, William Blackwood and Sons, Henry Dundas, Scots Guards a memoir, 1921
The autobiography of Henry Dundas in the Great Warp.252.non-fictionThe autobiography of Henry Dundas in the Great Warworld war 1914-1918 - personal recollections, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - france -
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Book, McMillan and Co, The great ship ; and, Rabelais replies : two conversations, 1944
Fictional conversations in the context of the Second World warp.65.fictionFictional conversations in the context of the Second World warworld war 1939-1945 - fiction, imaginary conversations -
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Book, Alexander McCubbin, Stalky's forlorn hope, 1919
A biography of Knightly DunstervilleIll, map, p.173.non-fictionA biography of Knightly Dunstervilleworld war 1914-1918 - campaigns - middle east, world war 1914-1918 - personal recollections -
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Alexander McCubbin, The red and white diamond : authorised history of the twenty-fourth battalion A.I.F, 1920
A history of the 24th Infantry Battalion AIFIll, maps, p.340.A history of the 24th Infantry Battalion AIFworld war 1914-1918 - regimental histories - australia, world war 1914-1918 - australia - history -
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Book, Harrap, Allenby : soldier and statesman, 1946
A biography of general AllenbyIndex, ill, maps, p.370.non-fictionA biography of general Allenbyworld war 1914-1918 - personal recollections, great britain - foreign relations - egypt -
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Book, Angus and Robertson, Crosses of sacrifice : the story of the Empire's million war dead and Australia's 60,000, 1932
... and Australia's 60,000 Ill, maps, p.130. World War 1914-1918 - Memorials ...A history of World war I war cemeteries and memorialsIll, maps, p.130.non-fictionA history of World war I war cemeteries and memorialsworld war 1914-1918 - memorials, world war 1914-1918 - australian involvement -
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Book, John Hamilton, Guests of the unspeakable : the odyssey of an Australian airman -- being a record of captivity and escape in Turkey, 1928
The story of an Australian airman imprisoned in TurkeyIll, maps, p.320.non-fictionThe story of an Australian airman imprisoned in Turkeyworld war 1914-1918 - personal recollections, world war 1914-1918 - prisoners of war -
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Angus and Robertson, Behind bamboo, 1946
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.391.non-fictionThe 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 - prisoners of war - japan, burma railway -
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Book, Paul Brickhill, Reach for the sky, 1954
In 1931, at the age of 21, Douglas Bader was the golden boy of the RAF. Excelling in everything he did he represented the Royal Air Force in aerobatics displays, played rugby for Harlequins, and was tipped to be the next England fly half. But one afternoon in December all his ambitions came to an abrupt end when he crashed his plane doing a particularly difficult and illegal aerobatic trick. His injuries were so bad that surgeons were forced to amputate both his legs to save his life. Douglas Bader did not fly again until the outbreak of the Second World War, where his undoubted skill in the air was enough to convince a desperate air force to give him his own squadron. The rest of his story is the stuff of legend. Flying Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain he led his squadron to kill after kill, keeping them all going with his unstoppable banter. Shot down in occupied France, his German captors had to confiscate his tin legs in order to stop him trying to escape. Bader faced it all, disability, leadership and capture, with the same charm, charisma and determination that was an inspiration to all around him.Index, ill, p.372.non-fictionIn 1931, at the age of 21, Douglas Bader was the golden boy of the RAF. Excelling in everything he did he represented the Royal Air Force in aerobatics displays, played rugby for Harlequins, and was tipped to be the next England fly half. But one afternoon in December all his ambitions came to an abrupt end when he crashed his plane doing a particularly difficult and illegal aerobatic trick. His injuries were so bad that surgeons were forced to amputate both his legs to save his life. Douglas Bader did not fly again until the outbreak of the Second World War, where his undoubted skill in the air was enough to convince a desperate air force to give him his own squadron. The rest of his story is the stuff of legend. Flying Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain he led his squadron to kill after kill, keeping them all going with his unstoppable banter. Shot down in occupied France, his German captors had to confiscate his tin legs in order to stop him trying to escape. Bader faced it all, disability, leadership and capture, with the same charm, charisma and determination that was an inspiration to all around him. world war 1939 - aerial operations - britain, douglas bader - biography -
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Book, Angus and Robertson, They shall not pass unseen, 1956
The Sunderland flying-boats and the Junkers 88s and U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic through the eyes of the No. 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.Ill, p.204.non-fictionThe Sunderland flying-boats and the Junkers 88s and U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic through the eyes of the No. 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - australia, battle of the atlantic -
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Book, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume one: The gathering storm, 1950
Volume one of a six volume history of the second world warIndex, p.601non-fictionVolume one of a six volume history of the second world warworld war 1939-1945 - history, winston churchill 1874-1965 - military leadership -
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Book, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume two: Their finest hour, 1950
Volume two of a six volume history of the second world warIndex, p.556.non-fictionVolume two of a six volume history of the second world warworld war 1939-1945 - history, winston churchill 1874-1965 - military leadership -
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Book, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume two: Their finest hour, 1950
Volume two of a six volume history of the second world warIndex, p.556.non-fictionVolume two of a six volume history of the second world warworld war 1939-1945 - history, winston churchill 1874-1965 - military leadership