The Monbulk RSL has a library of military history ranging from ancient conflicts to current day conflicts. Particular strengths of the collection are the Vietnam war and military technology.
A library of items relating to all aspects of military history
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
Ill, p.56.
Chapter 1: Point Cook and Mesopotamia Chapter 2: The desert war Chapter 3: The eyes of the Army Chapter 4: The first fighter unit Chapter 5: Last but not least.
world war 1914-1918 - aerial operations - australia, world war 1914-1918 - australian flying corps
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 South West Pacific
australian army - history, 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 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
