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Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Michael Joseph, Behind both lines, 1943
... World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - North Africa... 1939-1945 - Campaigns - North Africa World war 1939-1945 ...An account of the war experience as a prisoner by an American war correspondentp.143.An account of the war experience as a prisoner by an American war correspondentworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - north africa, world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Methuen, The house of shade, 1942
... World War 1939-1945 - Fiction... 1939-1945 - Fiction World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - North ...A novel of the North African campaignMap. p.266fictionA novel of the North African campaignworld war 1939-1945 - fiction, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - north africa -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Methuen, The place of little birds, 1946
... World War 1939-1945 - Fiction... 1939-1945 - Fiction World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - North ...A novel of the North African campaignMap. p.266fictionA novel of the North African campaignworld war 1939-1945 - fiction, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - north africa -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Wyatt & Watts, The snow goose, 1948
... World War 1939-1945 - Fiction... 1939-1945 - Fiction World war 1939-1945 - Dunkirk evacuation ...A curious story involving not only the Snow Goose, the Canada-bred wanderer of the airways, but also a couple and their travels.p.64fictionA curious story involving not only the Snow Goose, the Canada-bred wanderer of the airways, but also a couple and their travels.world war 1939-1945 - fiction, world war 1939-1945 - dunkirk evacuation -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Hutchinson, They came to spy, 1947
... World War 1939-1945 - Secret service - Britain... 1939-1945 - Secret service - Britain World War 1939-1945 ...An account of the battle of wits between the German and British secret servicesIll, p.156.non-fictionAn account of the battle of wits between the German and British secret servicesworld war 1939-1945 - secret service - britain, world war 1939-1945 - secret service - germany -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Victor Gollancz, The great offensive : the strategy of coalition warfare, 1943
... World war 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Russia... 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Russia World war 1939-1945 - Germany ...An account of German strategy in World war twoNotes, p.215.non-fictionAn account of German strategy in World war twoworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - russia, world war 1939-1945 - germany -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Collins, The wooden horse, 1955
... World war 1939-1945 - Prisoners of war... 1939-1945 - Prisoners of war World War 1939 1945 - Escapes ...The Wooden Horse is a superbly told story of the most ingenious and daring escape of the Second World War. The book became a modern classic. This revised and expanded edition tells the tale. The escape itself was conceived on classical lines. The Greeks built a wooden horse and by means of it got into the city of Troy In 1943 two British officers built a wooden horse and by means of it got out of a German prison camp. Together with a third companion, they were the only British prisoners ever to escape.Ill, p.256.non-fiction The Wooden Horse is a superbly told story of the most ingenious and daring escape of the Second World War. The book became a modern classic. This revised and expanded edition tells the tale. The escape itself was conceived on classical lines. The Greeks built a wooden horse and by means of it got into the city of Troy In 1943 two British officers built a wooden horse and by means of it got out of a German prison camp. Together with a third companion, they were the only British prisoners ever to escape. world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war, world war 1939 1945 - escapes -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook - The Great Escape, Faber & Faber, 1951
... World war 1939-1945 - Prisoners of war... 1939-1945 - Prisoners of war World War 1939 1945 - Escapes ...With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, built underground railroads, forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons, and tailored german uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from the German "ferrets" who prowled the compounds with nerve-racking tenacity and suspicion. It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb.Ill, p.263.non-fictionWith only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, built underground railroads, forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons, and tailored german uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from the German "ferrets" who prowled the compounds with nerve-racking tenacity and suspicion. It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb. world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war, world war 1939 1945 - escapes -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Robert Hale, Escape from hell : the Sandakan story, 1958
... World war 1939-1945 - Prisoners of war... 1939-1945 - Prisoners of war World war 1939-1945 - Escapes ...The author tells of his imprisonment and escape from British North Borneo, of guerilla warfare in the Philippine archipelago and finally his voyage to Australia.p.175.non-fictionThe author tells of his imprisonment and escape from British North Borneo, of guerilla warfare in the Philippine archipelago and finally his voyage to Australia.world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war, world war 1939-1945 - escapes -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Prisoner of the Kormoran : W.A. Jones' amazing experiences on the German raider Kormoran and as a prisoner of war in Germany, 1944
... World war 1939-1945 - Prisoners of war... 1939-1945 - Prisoners of war World War 1939-1945 - Prisoners ...Experience of an Australian sailor taken prisoner by the KormoranIll, p.318.non-fictionExperience of an Australian sailor taken prisoner by the Kormoranworld war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war, world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war - germany -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Arthur Barker, Guest of an emperor, 1948
... World war 1939-1945 - Prisoners of war... 1939-1945 - Prisoners of war World War 1939-1945 - Prisoners ...Diary kept by the authors when a prison in Japanese hands.p.233.non-fictionDiary kept by the authors when a prison in Japanese hands.world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war, world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war - japan -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Jessie Elizabeth Simons, While history passed : the story of the Australian nurses who were prisoners of the Japanese for three and a half years, 1954
... World War 1939-1945 - Prisoners of war - Japan... 1939-1945 - Prisoners of war - Japan World War 1939-1945 ...The experience of Australian nurses as captives of the JapaneseIll, p.131.The experience of Australian nurses as captives of the Japaneseworld war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war - japan, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Russell Braddon, The naked island, 1956
... World War 1939-1945 - Prisoners of war - Japan... 1939-1945 - Prisoners of war - Japan World war 1939-1945 ...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 - prisoners of war - japan, world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, McDonald, The new patriotism and the old, 1943
... World War 1939-1945 - Political aspects... 1939-1945 - Political aspects World War 1939-1945 - History ...An analytical study of the Hitlerite and the British orders of civilizationp.188.non-fictionAn analytical study of the Hitlerite and the British orders of civilizationworld war 1939-1945 - political aspects, world war 1939-1945 - history -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Alexander Berry Austin, Birth of an Army, 1943
... World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Tunisia... 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Tunisia World War 1939-1945 - Personal ...Personal account of the Tunisian campaign in World War TwoIll, p.160non-fictionPersonal account of the Tunisian campaign in World War Twoworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - tunisia, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - britain -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Odhams Press limited, Sequel to Boldness : The astonishing follow-on story to one of the greatest war books ever written, 1959
... World War 1939-1945 - Personal narratives - Britain... 1939-1945 - Personal narratives - Britain World War 1939-1945 ...A personal account of prison and escapes in wartime GermanyIndex, ill, p.256.non-fictionA personal account of prison and escapes in wartime Germanyworld war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - britain, world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war - germany -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Jasper H. Stembridge, The Oxford war atlas: v.2. 1 Sept. 1941 to 1 Jan 1943, 1943
... World war 1939-1945 - Atlases... 1939-1945 - Atlases World War 1939-1945 - History An atlas ...An atlas illustrating the war up to January 1943Maps, p.47.non-fictionAn atlas illustrating the war up to January 1943world war 1939-1945 - atlases, world war 1939-1945 - history -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, T. Nelson, An atlas-history of the Second Great War : v. 7. July 1942 to January 1943, 1943
... World war 1939-1945 - Atlases... 1939-1945 - Atlases World War 1939-1945 - History An atlas ...An atlas of the war from 1942 to 1943Ill, p.111.non-fictionAn atlas of the war from 1942 to 1943world war 1939-1945 - atlases, world war 1939-1945 - history -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Melrose, Sea devils, 1952
... World War 1939-1945 - Naval operations - Italy... 1939-1945 - Naval operations - Italy World war 1939-1945 ...An account of the activities of Italian frogmen in World War TwoIll, notes, maps, p.261.non-fictionAn account of the activities of Italian frogmen in World War Twoworld war 1939-1945 - naval operations - italy, world war 1939-1945 - italian navy -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Collins, The Rommel papers, 1953
... World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - North Africa... 1939-1945 - Campaigns - North Africa World war 1939-1945 ...The war time papers of Erwin Rommel as edited by Basil Liddell HartIndex, ill, maps, p.545.non-fictionThe war time papers of Erwin Rommel as edited by Basil Liddell Hartworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - north africa, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - france -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Australian War Memorial, The Japanese thrust, 1957
... World War 1939-1945 - Australia... 1939-1945 - Australia World War 1939-1945 - Prisoners of war ...Story of the 8th Division in the campaigns in Malaya, Singapore, Rabaul, Ambon and Timor where most of the Division was captured by the Japanese in 1942. Also the story of the Australian Prisoners of the Japanese, including Changi and the Burma-Thailand Railway.Index, ill, maps, p.682.non-fictionStory of the 8th Division in the campaigns in Malaya, Singapore, Rabaul, Ambon and Timor where most of the Division was captured by the Japanese in 1942. Also the story of the Australian Prisoners of the Japanese, including Changi and the Burma-Thailand Railway. world war 1939-1945 - australia, world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war - japan -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Australian War Memorial, The Japanese thrust, 1957
... World War 1939-1945 - Australia... 1939-1945 - Australia World War 1939-1945 - Prisoners of war ...Story of the 8th Division in the campaigns in Malaya, Singapore, Rabaul, Ambon and Timor where most of the Division was captured by the Japanese in 1942. Also the story of the Australian Prisoners of the Japanese, including Changi and the Burma-Thailand Railway.Index, ill, maps, p.682.non-fictionStory of the 8th Division in the campaigns in Malaya, Singapore, Rabaul, Ambon and Timor where most of the Division was captured by the Japanese in 1942. Also the story of the Australian Prisoners of the Japanese, including Changi and the Burma-Thailand Railway. world war 1939-1945 - australia, world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war - japan -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Australian War Memorial, To Benghazi, 1953
... World War 1939-1945 - Australia... 1939-1945 - Australia World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - North ...Between 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.Index, ill, maps, p.312.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 - australia, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - north africa -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Australian War Memorial, Air war against Germany and Italy, 1939-1943, 1952
... World War 1939-1945 - Australia... 1939-1945 - Australia World War 1939-1945 - Aerial operations ...The RAAF in Europe between 1939 and 1943Index, ill, maps, p.700.non-fictionThe RAAF in Europe between 1939 and 1943world war 1939-1945 - australia, world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - australia -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Vernon Bartlett, W. Gordon Williams and Geoffrey Dennis, The war of 1939 : a history dealing with every phase of the war on land, sea, and in the air, including the events which led to the outbreak of hostilities v.1, 1940
... World War 1939-1945 - History... 1939-1945 - History World War 1939- 1945 - Diplomacy Volume one ...Volume one of a history of the Second World Warill, v.1.Volume one of a history of the Second World Warworld war 1939-1945 - history, world war 1939- 1945 - diplomacy -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Vernon Bartlett, W. Gordon Williams and Geoffrey Dennis, The war of 1939 : a history dealing with every phase of the war on land, sea, and in the air, including the events which led to the outbreak of hostilities v.1-6, 1940
... World War 1939-1945 - History... 1939-1945 - History World War 1939- 1945 - Diplomacy Volumes ...Volumes one to six of a history of the Second World Warill, v.1-6.Volumes one to six of a history of the Second World Warworld war 1939-1945 - history, world war 1939- 1945 - diplomacy -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, The Sun News-Pictoria Melbourne, The First Year of War in Pictures, 1941
... World War 1939-1945 - History... 1939-1945 - History World War 1939 - 1945 - Campaigns - Europe ...Illusrated history of the first year of World War TwoIll, p.319.non-fictionIllusrated history of the first year of World War Twoworld war 1939-1945 - history, world war 1939 - 1945 - campaigns - europe -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Australian War Memorial, Active service : with Australia in the Middle East, 1941
... World war 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Middle East... 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Middle East World War 1939-1945 ...This is an illustrated notebook on the life of Australians in the Middle East theatre of war. Almost all of the contents are the works of men on active service. Reports are included on most of the actions in which Australian forces have so far taken part. It has been possible to include in these reports much detail which hitherto been available to the public. Similarly among the photographs, there are some which have already been published and many which now emerge from military and other official coerces for the first time. They have been selected primarily for their value as graphic records of fact. It is hoped that the result, in text and photography, may be a more intimate if still fragmentary understanding of the campaigns. The balance and perspective of true history canon yet be bought to bear on events.Ill, p.129.non-fictionThis is an illustrated notebook on the life of Australians in the Middle East theatre of war. Almost all of the contents are the works of men on active service. Reports are included on most of the actions in which Australian forces have so far taken part. It has been possible to include in these reports much detail which hitherto been available to the public. Similarly among the photographs, there are some which have already been published and many which now emerge from military and other official coerces for the first time. They have been selected primarily for their value as graphic records of fact. It is hoped that the result, in text and photography, may be a more intimate if still fragmentary understanding of the campaigns. The balance and perspective of true history canon yet be bought to bear on events. world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - middle east, world war 1939-1945 - australia -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Australian War Memorial, Soldiering on : The Australian Army at home and overseas, 1942
... World War 1939-1945 - Australia... 1939-1945 - Australia World War 1939-1945 - Personal narratives ...The Australian army in various theaters during World War TwoIll, p.199.non-fictionThe Australian army in various theaters during World War Twoworld war 1939-1945 - australia, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Australian War Memorial, Khaki and green : with the Australian army at home and overseas, 1943
... World War 1939-1945 - Australia... 1939-1945 - Australia World War 1939-1945 - Personal narratives ...The Australian army in various theaters during World War TwoIll, p.204.non-fictionThe Australian army in various theaters during World War Twoworld war 1939-1945 - australia, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia
