Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action of the Volunteer defence corps

australian army - anecdotes, civilian soldiers - australia

Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action of the Australian army in the Middle East during World war two

australian army - signal corps, australian army - anecdotes

Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action of the Australian army in the Middle East during World war two

australian army - history, australian army - anecdotes

Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action of the Australian army after the defeat of Japan

australian army - history, australian army - anecdotes

Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action of the Australian army at home and overseas during the post World War Two period

australian army - history, australian army - anecdotes

Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action of the Australian army at home and overseas during the post World War Two period

australian army - history, australian army - anecdotes

Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action of the Australian army at home and overseas during the post World War Two period

australian army - history, australian army - anecdotes

Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action of the Australian army at home and overseas during the post World War Two period

australian army - history, australian army - anecdotes

Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action of the Australian army at home and overseas during the post World War Two period

australian army - history, australian army - anecdotes

Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action of the Australian army at home and overseas during World War Two

australian army - history, australian army - anecdotes

Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action of the Australian army at home and overseas during World War Two

australian army - history, australian army - anecdotes

Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War Two

royal australian air force - history, royal australian air force - airmen - biographies

Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War Two

royal australian air force - history, royal australian air force - airmen - biographies

Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War Two

royal australian air force - history, royal australian air force - airmen - biographies

Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action in the Australian Navy during World War Two

australia - royal australian navy - history, royal australian navy - pictorial works

Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action in the Australian Navy during World War Two

australia - royal australian navy - history, royal australian navy - pictorial works

Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action in the Australian Navy during World War Two

australia - royal australian navy - history, royal australian navy - pictorial works

Ill, p.200.

non-fiction

Anecdotal stories of life and action in the Australian Navy during World War Two

australia - royal australian navy - history, royal australian navy - pictorial works

Ill, p.128.

non-fiction

Illustrations (photographs, cartoons and caricatures) of Australian soldiers on the Western front in World War I

world war 1914-1918 - australian involvement, world war 1914-1918 - pictorial works

Index, ill, maps, p.378.

non-fiction

Based 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 tribunal

world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - eastern europe, soviet union - german occupation - 1941-1944

Index, bib, ill, p.144.

non-fiction

The famous D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 marked the beginning of Operation Overlord, the battle for the liberation of Europe. This book provides a brilliant perspective on the devastating battle for Normandy.

world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - europe, operation overlord

Ill, maps, p.138.

non-fiction

Illustrated history of the Sandakan death marches. Includes a roll of honour

world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war - sandakan, world war 1939-1945 - prisoners and prisons - japan

Index, bib, ill, p.602.

non-fiction

For the first time ever, the compelling story of the infamous Kokoda Track campaign has been told from both sides of the conflict. In a unique and balanced portrayal, renowned journalist Paul Ham recounts both the Australian and Japanese perspectives of the events on the hellish Papuan jungle trail where thousands fought and died during World War II. Based on extensive research in Australia and Japan, and including previously unpublished documents, Kokoda intimately relates the stories of ordinary soldiers in 'the world's worst killing field', and examines the role of commanders in sending ill-equipped, unqualified Australian troops into battles that resulted in near 100 per cent casualty rates. It was a war without mercy, fought back and forth along 90 miles (145 km) of river crossings, steep inclines and precipitous descents, with both sides wracked by hunger and disease, and terrified of falling into enemy hands. Defeat was unthinkable: the Australian soldier was fighting for his homeland against an unyielding aggressor; the Japanese ordered to fight to the death in a bid to conquer 'Greater East Asia

world war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – kokoda, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - south west pacific

Index, bib, ill, p.241.

non-fiction

In 1968, in the western jungle of Vietnam near Laos, a Special Forces Company, under the command of an Australian Army Captain, supported by a Marine artillery detachment, occupied an old French fort, on a hill known as Ngok Tavak. The circumstances of the battle that ensued, and the subsequent retreat from Ngok Tavak, left in their wake issues that cried out for resolution for decades after the event. A number of American bodies were left where they had fallen during the battle, and another American, the nephew of Katharine Hepburn, went missing. After speaking extensively to the battle survivors and loved ones of the American warriors, and searching through accounts from official reports that included Vietnamese documents, eyewitness statements and war diaries, Bruce Davies has pieced together the evidence that will bring resolution to the questions that still haunt many of those connected to the battle. A story that needed to be told for the veterans who survived and for those who did not, for their families and for the sake of history. Lieutenant Colonel Brian Cooper (Retd), Australian Infantry, South Vietnam 1971-72

vietnam - history 1945-1975, vietnam - special forces

Ill, p.260.

non-fiction

Snipers, highly trained and ruthlessly efficient killers, they can act as lone agents or as part of a strategic military force.

snipers, irregular soldiers

Index, ill, p.491.

non-fiction

This story weaves through the paddy fields and the suburbs, from Vung Tau and Long Tan, to Bankstown and Broadmeadows, and tells of the long hard road Australia took that us travel from innocence to bitterness, and from despair to redemption.

vietnam - history 1945-1975, vietnam conflict - australian involvement

Index, ill, p.240.

Guerrilla warfare covers a century of unconventional fighters at war

guerrilla warfare, military history - 20th century

Ill, p.380.

non-fiction

Based on his diaries, this is a frank account of how Mason came first in French Foreign Legion basic training, trained other Legionnaires, went to Africa, did sniper, commando and medic's training and took part in two operations, both in the Republic of Djibouti, where a civil war nearly crippled the nation. It tells of his daily life in the Legion, in the training regiment, in Africa and with the Legion's Parachute Regiment. But more than this, David's gripping account reveals his disillusionment, frustration and disappointments, and how the Legion today is not what it seems.

soldiers - australia - biography, france - military history