Ill, maps, p.191.non-fictionThe war fought in the Aegean sea during World War Twoworld war two - naval operations, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - mediteranean

Ill, maps, p.188.The battle of the Sunda Strait in 1942world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia, battle of sunda strait

Index, bib, ill, maps, p.391.non-fictionTraces the history of warfare, focusing on weapons and weapons systems, significant battles and campaigns, and influential figures.military technology - history, war - technological innovations

Ill, maps, p.337.non-fictionReveals the war within the war: the battle not only for the hearts and minds of Afghanis but between soldiers and spies , between allies sharply divided by purpose.afghan war 2001-2021 - military operations - britain, afghan war 2001-2021 - political aspects

Index, ill, maps, p.251.non-fictionThe climax of this book is an account of the Battle of Long Tan, which is told here by the most senior ranking Australian soldier to survive the battle. vietnam conflict 1961-1975 - history, vietnam conflict - australian involvement, battle of long tan

Index, ill, maps, p.336.non-fictionBetween the wars A second A.I.F. The volunteers To the Middle East After the fall of France Victory at Sidi Barrani Before Bardia The battle of Bardia The capture of Tobruk The engagement at Derna Beda Fomm and Benghazi The capture of Giarabub Appendixes : 1. The A.I.F. in the United Kingdom ; 2. The 6th Division's operation order for the capture of Bardia ; 3. Abbreviations ; 4. A.I.F. colour patches, 1941. world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - north africa, world war 1939-1945 - australian involvement

Index, ill, maps, p.428.non-fictionA history of the wartime experiences of the Australian Army 37th/52nd infantry battalionsworld war 1939-1945 - regimental histories - australia, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - south west pacific

Index, ill, maps, p.172.non-fictionThe story of a failed attempt by allied troops to outflank the German stronghold of Cassinobattle of cassino 1944, world war 1939-1945 - new zealand participation

Index, bib, ill, maps, p.350.non-fictionThe invasion of Crete by German airborne forces in 1941 world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - crete, parachute troops - history

Index, bib, ill, map, p.230.non-fictionThis is a study of Sir Ian Hamilton VCs command of the Gallipoli campaign. Appointed by Kitchener after the failure of the initial Allied naval offensive in the Dardanelles, Hamilton was to lead the ambitious amphibious landings that were intended to open the way to Constantinople. In the event, however, opportunities immediately after the landings were squandered and, in the face of unexpectedly effective Turkish resistance, soon stalled in attritional trench warfare like that on the Western Front. Hamilton has often been criticized for this failure and in many ways seen to typify the stereotype of a British general clinging to outdated Victorian thinking. Yet this fresh reappraisal, drawing on original archival research, shows that Hamilton did display some progressive ideas and a realization that warfare was rapidly changing. Like all generals of this period he faced the challenge of unprecedented technological and tactical revolution as well as the political and media battle.world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - gallipoli, generals - great britain - biography

Index, bib, ill, maps, p.329.non-fictionThis account explores this battle which for many epitomises the futility of the Great War. In the few hours in which it took place many heroic deeds were done but the battle caused a souring of Anglo-Australian relationships and truly was a baptism of fire for these British and Australian troops.world war 1914- 1918 - campaigns - western front, western front 1914-1918 - australian participation

Index, bib, ill, maps, p.476.non-fictionHMAS Sydney's hunt for the German raider, Emden. When the ships of the new Royal Australian Navy made their grand entry into Sydney Harbour in October 1913, a young nation was at peace. Under a year later Australia had gone to war in what was seen as a noble fight for king, country and Empire. Thousands of young men joined up for the adventure of having 'a crack at the Kaiser'. And indeed the German threat to Australia was real, and very near - in the Pacific islands to our north, and in the Indian Ocean. In the opening months of the war, a German raider, Emden, wreaked havoc on the maritime trade of the British Empire. Its battle against the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney, when it finally came, was short and bloody - an emphatic first victory at sea for the fledgling Royal Australian Navy. This is the stirring story of the perilous opening months of the Great War and the bloody sea battle that destroyed the Emden in a triumph for Australia that resounded around the world. In the century since, many writers have been there before Mike Carlton. Most were German, some of them survivors of the battle, others later historians, and they have generally told the story well. British accounts vary in quality, from good to nonsense, and there have been some patchwork American attempts as well. Curiously, there has been very little written from an Australian point of view. This book is - in part - an attempt to remedy that, with new facts and perspectives brought into the light of day.world war 1939 – 1945 – naval operations - australia, world war 1939 – 1945 –naval operations - germany

Index, ill, maps, p.64.non-fictionThis book is an evocative account of Britains finest hourworld war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - britain, battle of britain

Index, ill, maps, p.193.non-fictionBy the summer of 1940, the overwhelming might of the German air force had triumphed over Poland, Norway, France, Holland and Belgium. As the fighters and bombers of the Luftwaffe amassed on the north west coast of Europe, they had no reason to believe that the heavily outnumbered squadrons of the Royal Air Force (RAF) would prove any more difficult to overcome than their earlier opponents. However, these illusions of invulnerability were soon to be shattered in whirling combats over southern England in the conflict that would be known as the Battle of Britain.world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - britain, battle of britain

Index, ill, maps, p.288.non-fictionDescriptions of the main battles of World War Two on land sea and air.world war 1939-1945 - maps, battlefields - maps

Index, bib, ill, maps, p.304.non-fictionA history of naval warfare from the earliest days to the present.naval battles - history, naval warfare - history

Index, ill, maps, p.256.This history of the war has commentary on the political and economic factors leading to the conflict, the key turning points of the war and the impact of new technologies. Colour campaign maps and battle plans complement the description of every major battle on land and at sea, along with analysis of the success and failure of the various military strategies. It focuses on the key military figures who shaped the course of the war and describes all of the most successful weapons of war, with a specification box on each weapon providing key technical details.world war 1939-1945 - history, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns

Index, ill, maps, p.256.non-fictionDescriptions of world famous battles that span the course of modern military history from Yorktown to the battle of the bulge.military conflict - history, military art and science - history

Ill, maps, p.336.non-fictionOn the afternoon of 18 August 1966, just five kilometres from the main Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat, a group of Viet Cong soldiers walked into the right flank of Delta Company, 6 RAR. Under a blanket of mist and heavy monsoon rain, amid the mud and shattered rubber trees, a dispersed Company of 108 men held its ground with courage and grim determination against a three-sided attack from a force of 2,500 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troops. When the battle subsided, 18 Australian soldiers lay dead and 24 had been wounded. Battlefield clearance revealed 245 enemy bodies with captured documents later confirming the count at over 500 enemy killed and 800 wounded. These men were led by a gruff and gusty perfectionist, Major Harry Smith. Now, some 47 years after the battle, Harry tells his story for the first time. But Long Tan is more than just an account of a historic battle. Harry Smith takes his readers on an extraordinary journey - one that ultimately reveals a remarkable cover-up at the highest military and political echelons. Long Tan is also Harry's life story and portrays his many personal battles, from failed marriages to commando-style killing; from a horrific parachute accident through to his modern-day struggles with bureaucracy for recognition for his soldiers. Harry's battles are tempered by his love of sailing, where he has at last found some peace. Long Tan portrays the wrenching, visceral experience of a man who has fought lifelong battles, in a story that he is only now able to tell. Harry can still hear the gunfire and smell the blood spilt at Long Tan. For him, the fight continues. Collapse summary vietnam conflict - australian involvement, vietnam war 1961-1975 – battles – long tan

Ill, maps, p.244.non-fictionThe Carthew brothers participated in some of history's most legendary battles, but theirs is more than a story of guns and bullets - it is also a lovestory; of the love and devotion of three brothers for their womenfolk and their country.world war 1914-1918 - personal narratives, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - gallipoli

Index, ill, maps, p.478.non-fictionHere for the first time is included the story about the relief force - the men who turned defeat into victory. More than that, it is a story told by soldiers about soldiers. You will laugh and cry with them.battle of long tan, vietnam conflict - australian involvement

Index, ill, maps, p.378.non-fictionBased on the notebooks in which Vasily Grossman gathered the raw material for his newspaper articles, A Writer at War depicts the crushing conditions on the Eastern Front during World War II and the lives and deaths of infantrymen, tank drivers, pilots, snipers, and civilians. Deemed unfit for service when the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Grossman became a special correspondent for The Red Star, the Red Army newspaper. A portly novelist in his mid-thirties with no military experience, he was given a uniform and hastily taught how to use a pistol. Remarkably, he spent three of the next four years at the front, observing with a writer's eye the most pitiless fighting ever recorded.". "Grossman witnessed almost all the major events on the Eastern Front: the appalling defeats and desperate retreats of 1941, the defense of Moscow, and the fighting in the Ukraine. In August 1942 he was posted to Stalingrad, where he remained during four months of brutal street fighting. Grossman was present at the battle of Kursk (the largest tank engagement in history), and, as the Red Army advanced, he reached Berdichev, where his worst fears for his mother and other relatives were confirmed. A Jew himself, he undertook the faithful recording of Holocaust atrocities as their extent dawned. His report "The Hell of Treblinka" was used in evidence at the Nuremberg tribunalworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - eastern europe, soviet union - german occupation - 1941-1944

Photograph in black frame with inner white matting and outer blackm matting of FSB Balmoral Regional Map.photograph, toan thang, fsb balmoral, battle of coral-balmoral

Print on wooden backing. Commemorative. Orange circle, grey cross, Vietnam map green and red 201650th Anniversary Battle of Long Tancommemorative print, battle of long tan

Anniversary emblem on white board. Orange circular emblem enclosed with words '50th Anniversary Battle of Long Tan'. Centre features red and green outline map of Vietnam, Long Tan Cross and ? 201650th anniversary, battle of long tan

This pictorial battle history book contains two maps, sketches of characters "Bluey and Curley" and Nominal Roll of personnel who served overseas with the 24th Battalion in New Guinea and Bougainville during WW2. Beige cardboard dust cover with title in grey and red writing and red and white diamond with grey surround lower left corner. Inside cover contains two maps which have three photocopies Nelson Dinning - handwritten top right corner of cover Inside Dedication - This book is dedicated to our fallen comrades Lest we forget Inside Foreword by Lieutenant General S G Saviage, CB, CBE, DSO, MC.ED24th battalion, ww2, new guinea, bougainville