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Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Flak. True Stories from the Men Who Flew in World War II, 2008
... Flak. True Stories from the Men Who Flew in World War II.... Flak. True Stories from the Men Who Flew in World War II Book ...Black and white cardboard cover with red, white print and black and white photos front and back. Illustrated with black and white photos.books- military history, military history-air force -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, World War II Album, c.1988
... World War II Album... throughout, 740 pages World War II Album Book BOOK Cesare Salmaggi ...Presented to the Bendigo RSL Military Museum in memory of the late MAXWELL PERRY & FAMILY, MRS VERNA PERRYBlack cloth, hard cover with silver print / text & black & white photos, black & white photos & illustrations throughout, 740 pagesbooks-albums, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Chris Bishop, The Military Atlas of World War II, c.2005
... The Military Atlas of World War II... of World War II Book BOOK Chris Bishop Amber Books Ltd ...Red, hard cover with red loose paper jacket, map of world on front (circular, in colours mainly white), gold & white print, black print on inside cover. Colour illustrations & photographs throughout, 176 pages.books, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Donald Somerville, World War II Day by Day, 1989
... World War II Day by Day..., illustrated. World War II Day by Day Book BOOK Donald Somerville Bison ...Dust cover red, black, blue & white. Black buckram hard cover. 320 pages, illustrated.Sister M. Seagravebooks, military, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, PRC Publishing Ltd, Aircraft of World War II, 1999
... Aircraft of World War II... from various countries. 512 pages. Aircraft of World War II ...Book with hard cover & dust cover, both with white background, black print with image of 4 fighting aircraft. Illustrated with numerous black & white & coloured photos of aircraft from various countries. 512 pages.Donated by Bendigo Y Mens Cubbooks, military, history, aircraft -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Carolyn Newman, Legacies of our Fathers. World War II Prisoners of the Japanese - Their Sons & Daughters tell their Stories, c.2006
... Legacies of our Fathers. World War II Prisoners of the... of the Editor on lower LHS. Legacies of our Fathers. World War II ...Book, light green soft cover, photo in centre of 2 small boys standing to attention. 236 pages. Back cover has photo of the Editor on lower LHS.Written on title page: Donated by F O'Connellbooks, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Gavan Daws, Prisoners of the Japanese - POWs of World War II in the Pacific, c.1994
... Prisoners of the Japanese - POWs of World War II in the... of the Japanese - POWs of World War II in the Pacific Book BOOK Gavan Daws ...Book, black hard cover with red cloth binding & red, white & black dust jacket. Front cover has background of a red circle with 7 lines radiating from the bottom. 462 pages.Written on title page: John W Toon OAM Ex POW 8th Div AASC Donated by: Bgo YMCAbooks, military history, prisoners -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Courage and Service Project, Courage and Service - Chinese Australians and World War II, c.1999
... Courage and Service - Chinese Australians and World War II... Australians and World War II Book BOOK Courage and Service Project ...Book, soft white cover with black cloth binding over glued spine. On front are 3 black & white photos of Chinese Australians who served with Australian forces in WWII. 54 pages.On title page: To Bendigo RSL, President and Members with thanks for your support and very best wishes Diana Giese April 199books, military history, chinese -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Gerard Punt with cooperation of NAJEX Historian Jack Epstein, Australian Jewry's Book of Honour in World War II
... Australian Jewry's Book of Honour in World War II... Jewry's Book of Honour in World War II Book BOOK Gerard Punt ...Book, hard cover, paper brown. Dust cover cream & brown, photograph of soldier playing bugle. Title in black print. 225 cut pages, illustrated & black & white photographs.Victorian Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (VAJEX) Dear Bill, in appreciation of your address to VAJEX Remembrance Night Dinner 20.11.94, Sol Rose, President. Walter Jona, Patron & President (Past) Dinner Chairman.books, military, history, jewry -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, World War II Wasn't all Hell, 1988
... World War II Wasn't all Hell.... and white photos World War II Wasn't all Hell. Book BOOK ...Green buckram hard cover Glossy dust cover, brown, black and red print. Illustrated Pages 191 Black and white photosbooks, war -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Gerhard Koop & Klaus-Peter Schmolke, German Destroyers of World War II, 2014
... German Destroyers of World War II... melbourne donation German Destroyers of World War II Book Gerhard ...non-fictiondonation -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Peerage Books, B T White: Tanks and Other Armoured Fighting Vehicles of World War II, 1972 (exact)
... World War II... and Other Armoured Fighting Vehicles of World War II Book Book ...This book covers the period 1939-45, which was the most momentous period in the history of the tank. Includes 160 pages of coloured drawings with descriptive text. The book is divided into two sections - Book 1 dealing with 'Blitzkrieg Era' of 1939-41, and Book II covering the years 1942-5, in which some of the greatest tank battles of all time took place. ISBN 0 907408 35 4world war 2, military history, tanks, armour, armoured fighting vehicles, b t white, world war 2, military history, tanks, armour, armoured fighting vehicles, b t white -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book. WW2. Personal Stories, ROUGH INFANTRY Tales of World War II, 1985
... ROUGH INFANTRY Tales of World War II ... of World War II Book. WW2. Personal Stories ...Hardback with dust cover.Warrnambool Institute Press ISBN: 0 949759 05 8 -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, Readers Digest Illustrated Story of WORLD WAR II
... Readers Digest Illustrated Story of WORLD WAR II... Story of WORLD WAR II Book Book ...Hard Cover with dust cover -
Australian Commando Association - Victoria
Book, Proud to be Third. Personal recollections, photographs and a biographical roll of the 2/3rd Australian Independent Company/Commando Squadron in World War II
... Company/Commando Squadron in World War II... Independent Company/Commando Squadron in World War II Book ...A 384 page -
Australian Commando Association - Victoria
The Sea Devils. Operation STRUGGLE and the last great raid of World War II
... of World War II.... Operation STRUGGLE and the last great raid of World War II ...July 1945. Eighteen young British, Australian and New Zealand special forces from a top-secret underwater warfare unit prepare to undertake three audacious missions against the Japanese. Using XE-craft midget submarines, the raiders will creep deep behind Japanese lines to sink two huge warships off Singapore and sever two vitally important undersea communications cables. Success will hasten ultimate victory over Japan; but if any of the men are captured they can expect a gruesome execution. Can the Sea Devils overcome Japanese defences, mechanical failures, oxygen poisoning and submarine disasters to fulfill their missions? Mark Felton tells the true story of a band of young men living on raw courage, nerves and Adrenalin as they attempt to pull off what could be the last great raid of World War Two.ww2, special operations, submarine operations -
Australian Commando Association - Victoria
Book, No Turning Back: Top Secret Intelligence Operation in Borneo During World War II Behind Japanese Lines
... Borneo During World War II Behind Japanese Lines.... in Borneo During World War II Behind Japanese Lines. Book Graeme ...Twenty-two young New Zealand soldiers were posted to a clandestine intelligence unit in Melbourne called the Allied Intelligence Bureau. Their task was to undertake espionage and sabotage lines of communication, train natives as soldiers for local resistance and set up a radio link back to Australia. This is the account of the experiences of one soldier’s operation in Borneo – and is an account of their divine protection. Soft cover 174 pageSigned by author.ww2, australian special operations, nz special forces in ww2 -
Australian Commando Association - Victoria
Book, Ring of Fire: Australian Guerrrilla Operations Against Japan in World War II
... Japan in World War II ...: Australian Guerrrilla Operations Against Japan in World War II Book ...Dick Horton, as a Lieutenant RNVR. was a member of the Special Forces with which this book is concerned and was awarded the DSC and the American Silver Star for his services. He writes from first-hand knowledge and pays fitting tribute to his brothers-in-arms. He describes the magnificent series of operations of the Independent Companies against the crack 5th and 48th Divisions of the Japanese Army on Timor and the achievements of HMAS KRAIT a converted Japanese fishing boat. He goes on to describe the revolt of the population in Borneo which was engineered by a handful of men. mostly Australians from Z Special Unit, and which materially assisted the Allied Forces when they invaded and re-took it. Apart from its unquestionable value to students of military history, "Ring of Fire" is an exciting account of a variety of imaginativenon-fiction Dick Horton, as a Lieutenant RNVR. was a member of the Special Forces with which this book is concerned and was awarded the DSC and the American Silver Star for his services. He writes from first-hand knowledge and pays fitting tribute to his brothers-in-arms. He describes the magnificent series of operations of the Independent Companies against the crack 5th and 48th Divisions of the Japanese Army on Timor and the achievements of HMAS KRAIT a converted Japanese fishing boat. He goes on to describe the revolt of the population in Borneo which was engineered by a handful of men. mostly Australians from Z Special Unit, and which materially assisted the Allied Forces when they invaded and re-took it. Apart from its unquestionable value to students of military history, "Ring of Fire" is an exciting account of a variety of imaginative -
Australian Commando Association - Victoria
Book, Aerodata International, Classic Fighters and Bombs of World War II
... Classic Fighters and Bombs of World War II.... melbourne Classic Fighters and Bombs of World War II Book Aerodata ...non-fiction -
Australian Commando Association - Victoria
Book, James A Mitchener et al, Great World War II Stories 50th Anniversary Collection
... Great World War II Stories 50th Anniversary Collection .... melbourne Great World War II Stories 50th Anniversary Collection ...non-fiction -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Cumberland House, Best little stories from World War II, 1989
... Best little stories from World War II... tragic stories and anecdotes make World War II come alive ...A collection of more than 150 true stories that bring to life the triumph and tragedy of teh second world war. Serving as a window into the lives of thsoe who experienced the war - soldiers and sailors, heroes and villains, leaders adn ordinary people - the book recounts in human terms the reality of a war that gripped the entire world. These inspiring, poignant, ironic and sometimes tragic stories and anecdotes make World War II come alive with the thoughts and feelings of those who were there.Index, ill, p.445.non-fictionA collection of more than 150 true stories that bring to life the triumph and tragedy of teh second world war. Serving as a window into the lives of thsoe who experienced the war - soldiers and sailors, heroes and villains, leaders adn ordinary people - the book recounts in human terms the reality of a war that gripped the entire world. These inspiring, poignant, ironic and sometimes tragic stories and anecdotes make World War II come alive with the thoughts and feelings of those who were there.world war 1939-1945 - anecdotes, world war 1939-1945 -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Nigel Cawthorne, Reaping the whirlwind : the German and Japanese experience of World War II, 2007
... of World War II ... offers amazing insight into the events of World War II through ...Reaping the Whirlwind offers amazing insight into the events of World War II through the eyes of those who fought against the Allied forces in all theatres of the war. Readers will comb through many previously unpublished accounts of the war from German, Italian and Japanese soldiers, civilians and military leaders. The book covers every major arena of the war: Europe; the German invasion of Russia; Rommel's Afrika Korps; and the Pacific war between Japan and forces of the US, Australia and New Zealand. Reaping the Whirlwind uses the authentic voices of Germans and Japanese people caught up in the conflict and highlights the similar deprivations and dangers experienced by both victors and vanquished.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.288.non-fictionReaping the Whirlwind offers amazing insight into the events of World War II through the eyes of those who fought against the Allied forces in all theatres of the war. Readers will comb through many previously unpublished accounts of the war from German, Italian and Japanese soldiers, civilians and military leaders. The book covers every major arena of the war: Europe; the German invasion of Russia; Rommel's Afrika Korps; and the Pacific war between Japan and forces of the US, Australia and New Zealand. Reaping the Whirlwind uses the authentic voices of Germans and Japanese people caught up in the conflict and highlights the similar deprivations and dangers experienced by both victors and vanquished. world war 1939-1945 - participation - germany, world war 1939-1945 - participation - japan -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Stephen E Ambrose, The victors : the men of World War II, 2004
... The victors : the men of World War II....396. The victors : the men of World War II Book Stephen E ...The Victors is a breathtaking new work from bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose. It follows the momentous events of the war from D-Day, 6 June 1944, through to the final days when the Allied soldiers pushed the German troops out of France, chased them across Germany, and, on 7 May 1945, destroyed the Nazi regime. -- back cover.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.396.non-fictionThe Victors is a breathtaking new work from bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose. It follows the momentous events of the war from D-Day, 6 June 1944, through to the final days when the Allied soldiers pushed the German troops out of France, chased them across Germany, and, on 7 May 1945, destroyed the Nazi regime. -- back cover. world war 1939=1945 - campaigns - europe, world war 1939-1945 - us involvement -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Stephen E Ambrose, D-Day, June 6, 1944 : the climactic battle of World War II, 2004
... D-Day, June 6, 1944 : the climactic battle of World War II ... there, Eisenhower biographer and World War II historian Stephen E. Ambrose ...On the basis of 1,400 oral histories from the men who were there, Eisenhower biographer and World War II historian Stephen E. Ambrose reveals for the first time anywhere that the intricate plan for the invasion of France in June 1944, had to be abandoned before the first shot was fired.Index, notes,ill, maps, p.655.non-fictionOn the basis of 1,400 oral histories from the men who were there, Eisenhower biographer and World War II historian Stephen E. Ambrose reveals for the first time anywhere that the intricate plan for the invasion of France in June 1944, had to be abandoned before the first shot was fired.operation overlord, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - france -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Readers Book Club, The first and the last : the German fighter force in World War II, 1956
... War II... in World War II Book Readers Book Club Adolf Galland ...A history of the Luftwaffe through the eyes of one of its aces, Adolf Galland.Index, ill, p.385.non-fictionA history of the Luftwaffe through the eyes of one of its aces, Adolf Galland. world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - germany, world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - germany -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Department of Veterans' Affair, North Africa and Syria : Australians in World War II, 2012
... North Africa and Syria : Australians in World War II.... North Africa and Syria : Australians in World War II Book ...A pictorial account of the Australian army involvement in the North Africa and Syrian campaigns during World war twoIll, maps, p.167.non-fictionA pictorial account of the Australian army involvement in the North Africa and Syrian campaigns during World war twoworld war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – north africa – syria, australian army - pictorial works - north africa - syria -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Macmillan, Ring of Fire : Australian Guerrilla Operations Against the Japanese in World War II, 1983
... Japanese in World War II... the Japanese in World War II Book Macmillan Dick Horton ...An account of the clandestine operations launced from Australiaon the Japanese occupied islands to its north during World War Two.Index, ill, maps, p.164.non-fictionAn account of the clandestine operations launced from Australiaon the Japanese occupied islands to its north during World War Two.australian army - independent company - 2/2. 2/4., australian army - clandestine operations -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Viking, Fly -True Stories of Courage and Adventure from the Airmen of World War II, 2008
... of World War II... All over the world during World War II, thousands of young men ...All over the world during World War II, thousands of young men who had never so much as been near an aeroplane left offices, farms and classrooms to learn to fly and fight in the greatest conflict the world has ever seen. They fought over deserts, cities and jungles, in-single-engine fighter aircraft, heavy bombers, transport planes and flying boats. How do they feel about their dramatic days in the air? What is it they remember, and what do they choose to forget? In these candid and moving stories, Michael Veitch, writer, broadcaster and aeroplane fanatic, uncovers some of the untold stories of World War II: Australian, British and even German. He captures the events that defined a generation of men before these stories are lost forever.Ill, p.303.non-fictionAll over the world during World War II, thousands of young men who had never so much as been near an aeroplane left offices, farms and classrooms to learn to fly and fight in the greatest conflict the world has ever seen. They fought over deserts, cities and jungles, in-single-engine fighter aircraft, heavy bombers, transport planes and flying boats. How do they feel about their dramatic days in the air? What is it they remember, and what do they choose to forget? In these candid and moving stories, Michael Veitch, writer, broadcaster and aeroplane fanatic, uncovers some of the untold stories of World War II: Australian, British and even German. He captures the events that defined a generation of men before these stories are lost forever. world war 1939 – 1945 – aerial operations - australia, world war 1939 – 1945 – personal narratives – australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Salamander Books, Suicide squads: the men and machines of World War II special operations, 1981
... Suicide squads: the men and machines of World War II...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 – Aerial operations - Japan ...An examination of the machinery and motives of self sacrifice during World War TwoIndex, bibliography, ill, diagrams, p.281.non-fictionAn examination of the machinery and motives of self sacrifice during World War Twoworld war 1939 – 1945 – aerial operations - japan, kamikaze attacks -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Naval Institute, U-boat adventures : firsthand accounts from World War II, 2010
... U-boat adventures : firsthand accounts from World War II... from World War II Book Naval Institute Melanie Wiggins ...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