Showing 15 items matching "1939-1945 -- participation"
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Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Nigel Cawthorne, Reaping the whirlwind : the German and Japanese experience of World War II, 2007
... world war 1939-1945 - participation - germany...Monbulk RSL Sub Branch 48 Main Road Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges world war 1939-1945 - participation - germany world war 1939-1945 - participation - japan 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. ...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 Readers will comb through many previously unpublished accounts of the war from German, Italian and Japanese soldiers, civilians and military leaders.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 Readers will comb through many previously unpublished accounts of the war from German, Italian and Japanese soldiers, civilians and military leaders.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 -
Koorie Heritage TrustBook, Ball, Desmond, Aborigines in the defence of Australia, 1991
... ...1939-1945 -- Participation...Koorie Heritage Trust Levels 1 & 3, Yarra Building Federation Square, Melbourne melbourne World War 1939-1945 -- Participation Aboriginal Australian. | World War 1939-1945 -- Participation Torres Strait Islander. | Aboriginal Australian soldiers. | Australia -- Armed Forces -- Minorities -- History. ...This book is designed to provide all the information required for informed consideration of the potential role of Aborigines in the defence of Australia, for clarification and resolution of the disparate and complex issues involved and for the design of policy initiatives to realise the potential of Aborigines in Australia's defence planning and operations.vii-xxii; 240 P.; figs.; maps; notes; bib.; index; tables; 23 cm.This book is designed to provide all the information required for informed consideration of the potential role of Aborigines in the defence of Australia, for clarification and resolution of the disparate and complex issues involved and for the design of policy initiatives to realise the potential of Aborigines in Australia's defence planning and operations.world war, 1939-1945 -- participation, aboriginal australian. | world war, 1939-1945 -- participation, torres strait islander. | aboriginal australian soldiers. | australia -- armed forces -- minorities -- history. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Hutchinson, Garrie, Not going to Vietnam: Journeys Through Two Wars
... ... 1939-1945 - Participation. Australia...National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975 - Conscientious objector 1939-1945 - Participation. Australia Not Going To Vietnam begins in 1968, telling the story of the boy dho didn't go to war, before taking the road with the Australians who did - both in 1942 in Singapore, Malaya and up the Thailand-Burma Railway, and later Vietnam. ...Not Going To Vietnam begins in 1968, telling the story of the boy dho didn't go to war, before taking the road with the Australians who did - both in 1942 in Singapore, Malaya and up the Thailand-Burma Railway, and later Vietnam.Not Going To Vietnam begins in 1968, telling the story of the boy dho didn't go to war, before taking the road with the Australians who did - both in 1942 in Singapore, Malaya and up the Thailand-Burma Railway, and later Vietnam.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - conscientious objector, 1939-1945 - participation. australia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, King, Jonathan, Great battles in Australian history
... 1939-1945... Participation...National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast World War 1914-1918 Participation Australian Korean War 1950-1953 Participation Australian World War 1939-1945 Participation Australian Vietnam War 1961-1975 Participation Australian As historian Jonathan King takes us to the battlefields of long ago, and then on a rollercoaster-ride right up to the war in Afghanistan, he brings history alive, laying bare the significance of each battle. ...As historian Jonathan King takes us to the battlefields of long ago, and then on a rollercoaster-ride right up to the war in Afghanistan, he brings history alive, laying bare the significance of each battle.As historian Jonathan King takes us to the battlefields of long ago, and then on a rollercoaster-ride right up to the war in Afghanistan, he brings history alive, laying bare the significance of each battle.world war, 1914-1918, participation, australian, korean war, 1950-1953, participation, australian, world war, 1939-1945, participation, australian, vietnam war, 1961-1975, participation, australian -
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Journal - Serials, Department of Pacific and Southeast Asian History, Australian National University, Aboriginal History - Volume 03. 1-2 1979, 1979
... ...1939-1945 -- Participation.... | Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- New South Wales | Religions - Christianity - Missions | Religions - Christianity - Missionaries | Music - Vocal | Literature and stories - Story telling and story tellers | Language - Texts and translations - Aboriginal to non-Aboriginal language | Art - Rock art - Painting | Photography - Ethnographic | Ceremonies | Literature and stories - Story telling and story tellers | World War 1939-1945 -- Participation Aboriginal Australian. | Aboriginal Australian soldiers. | Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land. | Defence - World War II | Religions - Christianity - Lutheran Church | Religions - Christianity - Missions | Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851- | Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851- | Government policy - Initial period and protectionism - 1851-1900 | Government policy - State and territory - Queensland | Animals - Invertebrates - Crustacea and molluscs - Beche-de-mer / Trepang | A series of articles on Aboriginal History by well-known historians. 166p.; footnotes; bib.; ports.; facsimiles; 25 cm. ...A series of articles on Aboriginal History by well-known historians.166p.; footnotes; bib.; ports.; facsimiles; 25 cm.A series of articles on Aboriginal History by well-known historians.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | aboriginal australians -- missions -- new south wales | religions - christianity - missions | religions - christianity - missionaries | music - vocal | literature and stories - story telling and story tellers | language - texts and translations - aboriginal to non-aboriginal language | art - rock art - painting | photography - ethnographic | ceremonies | literature and stories - story telling and story tellers | world war, 1939-1945 -- participation, aboriginal australian. | aboriginal australian soldiers. | aboriginal australians -- northern territory -- arnhem land. | defence - world war ii | religions - christianity - lutheran church | religions - christianity - missions | settlement and contacts - colonisation - 1851- | settlement and contacts - colonisation - 1851- | government policy - initial period and protectionism - 1851-1900 | government policy - state and territory - queensland | animals - invertebrates - crustacea and molluscs - beche-de-mer / trepang | -
Surrey Hills Historical Society CollectionBook, Canterbury Baptist Church, Names to Lives from World War II, 2016
... world war, 1939-1945 - participation...Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection 190A Canterbury Road Canterbury melbourne Tells the real life stories of seventy-five local men and women leaving Canterbury to serve in the World War Two. canterbury baptist church (vic) - registers world war, 1939-1945 - participation world war, 1939-1945 - victoria - canterbury soldiers - canterbury - biography war memorials - victoria - canterbury canterbury (vic) - history, military armed forces Incl. bibliographical references (pages 239-240) and index. ...Tells the real life stories of seventy-five local men and women leaving Canterbury to serve in the World War Two.Incl. bibliographical references (pages 239-240) and index. canterbury baptist church (vic) - registers, world war, 1939-1945 - participation, world war, 1939-1945 - victoria - canterbury, soldiers - canterbury - biography, war memorials - victoria - canterbury, canterbury (vic) - history, military, armed forces -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Reed, Albaneta : lost opportunity at Cassino, 2007
... World War 1939-1945 - New Zealand participation...Monbulk RSL Sub Branch 48 Main Road Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Battle of cassino 1944 World War 1939-1945 - New Zealand participation The story of a failed attempt by allied troops to outflank the German stronghold of Cassino Index, ill, maps, p.172. ...The story of a failed attempt by allied troops to outflank the German stronghold of CassinoIndex, 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 -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Lansdowne Press, The embarassing Australian : the story of an aboriginal warrior, 1962
... World War 1939-1945 - Australia - Aboriginal participation...Monbulk RSL Sub Branch 48 Main Road Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War 1939-1945 - Australia - Aboriginal participation Reg Saunders - Biography Reg Saunders was the first aboriginal to be commissioned in the Australian armed forces. ...Reg Saunders was the first aboriginal to be commissioned in the Australian armed forces.Ill, p.173.non-fictionReg Saunders was the first aboriginal to be commissioned in the Australian armed forces.world war 1939-1945 - australia - aboriginal participation, reg saunders - biography -
Mission to Seafarers VictoriaBook, Sydney D. Waters, Ordeal by Sea: The New Zealand Shipping Company Limited. The Company's History in the Second World War 1939-1945, 1949
... participation in the British Merchant Navy during WWII. Includes details of the company's ships lost through enemy action, including the Turakina, victim of the German raider Orion in the Tasman Sea in August 1940 which was the first of the company's ships lost. Also covers the sinking of the Rangitane and Cambridge, as well as the salvage of the Hororata and the Battle of the Atlantic with the Essex in the Malta Convoy. Ordeal by Sea: The New Zealand Shipping Company Limited. The Company's History in the Second World War 1939-1945 ...The men and ships of the New Zealand Shipping company and their participation in the British Merchant Navy during WWII. Includes details of the company's ships lost through enemy action, including the Turakina, victim of the German raider Orion in the Tasman Sea in August 1940 which was the first of the company's ships lost. Also covers the sinking of the Rangitane and Cambridge, as well as the salvage of the Hororata and the Battle of the Atlantic with the Essex in the Malta Convoy.non-fictionThe men and ships of the New Zealand Shipping company and their participation in the British Merchant Navy during WWII. Includes details of the company's ships lost through enemy action, including the Turakina, victim of the German raider Orion in the Tasman Sea in August 1940 which was the first of the company's ships lost. Also covers the sinking of the Rangitane and Cambridge, as well as the salvage of the Hororata and the Battle of the Atlantic with the Essex in the Malta Convoy. keith oliver, ww2, merchant navy, new zealand shipping company, turakina, rangitane, hororata -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Neil McDonald et al, Valiant for truth: The life of Chester Wilmot, war correspondent, 2016
... He covered all Australian participation in World War II as well as the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany. world war 1939-1945 - journalists - biography wilmot chester 1911-1954 Valiant for the truth charts Wilmots exceptional life as he reported key events of the twentieth century. ...Valiant for the truth charts Wilmots exceptional life as he reported key events of the twentieth century.Notes, index, bibliography, maps, p.463.non-fictionValiant for the truth charts Wilmots exceptional life as he reported key events of the twentieth century.world war 1939-1945 - journalists - biography, wilmot chester 1911-1954 -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Melbourne University Press, To Kokoda and beyond : the story of the 39th Battalion, 1941-1943, 1988
... Monbulk RSL Sub Branch 48 Main Road Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 – Campaigns – New Guinea World war 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - Australia A regimental history of the 39th battalion from 1941 to its disbandment in 1943 and its participation in the Kokoda campaign Index, ill, maps, p.267. ...A regimental history of the 39th battalion from 1941 to its disbandment in 1943 and its participation in the Kokoda campaignIndex, ill, maps, p.267.non-fictionA regimental history of the 39th battalion from 1941 to its disbandment in 1943 and its participation in the Kokoda campaignworld war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – new guinea, world war 1939-1945 - regimental histories - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Santiago A Flores, Mexicans at war: Mexican military aviation in the second world war 1941-1945, 2018
... Monbulk RSL Sub Branch 48 Main Road Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War 1939-1945 - Aerial operations Mexico - Aviation This book introduces the reader to an unknown ally of the Second World War. Few people remember that Mexico, like Brazil, took an active part in that conflict. This volume covers Mexican participation ...This book introduces the reader to an unknown ally of the Second World War. Few people remember that Mexico, like Brazil, took an active part in that conflict. This volume covers Mexican participation in the Second World War for the first time using photos, documents and testimony from official and personal archives.Bib, ill, maps, p.216.This book introduces the reader to an unknown ally of the Second World War. Few people remember that Mexico, like Brazil, took an active part in that conflict. This volume covers Mexican participation in the Second World War for the first time using photos, documents and testimony from official and personal archives.world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations, mexico - aviation -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Dreamweaver Magazines, Eyewitness to War : Australia's Pacific Campaign 1941-194, 1985
... Monbulk RSL Sub Branch 48 Main Road Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Pacific area World War 1939-1945 - Australian involvement Illustrated history of the Australian participation in the Pacific campaigns Ill, p.96. ...Illustrated history of the Australian participation in the Pacific campaignsIll, p.96.non-fictionIllustrated history of the Australian participation in the Pacific campaignsworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - pacific area, world war 1939-1945 - australian involvement -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Osprey Publishing, P-61 Black Widow nightfighters of World War 2, 2000
... Monbulk RSL Sub Branch 48 Main Road Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War 1939-1945 - Aerial operations Night fighters - World war II Describes the development and participation of the P-61 Black Widow nightfighters in World War 2 Ill, p.63. ...Describes the development and participation of the P-61 Black Widow nightfighters in World War 2Ill, p.63.non-fictionDescribes the development and participation of the P-61 Black Widow nightfighters in World War 2world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations, night fighters - world war ii -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Osprey Publishing, Helldivers of World war 2, 2000
... Monbulk RSL Sub Branch 48 Main Road Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War 1939-1945 - Aerial operations Divebombers - World war II Describes the development and participation of the Helldivers in World War 2 Ill, p.63. ...Describes the development and participation of the Helldivers in World War 2Ill, p.63.non-fictionDescribes the development and participation of the Helldivers in World War 2world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations, divebombers - world war ii
