Download or read book A Chronology of Australian Armed Forces at War 1939 45 written by Bruce T. Swain and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2003 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australians fought in every theatre of war in World War II. So high was their involvement that by 1942 more than 15 per cent of Australia's population was serving in the armed forces. In this day-by-day record, we see how the war escalated and how the commitment of Australian forces increased.
Download or read book The Unit Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Australian War Strategy 1939 1945 written by John Robertson and published by University of Queensland Press(Australia). This book was released on 1985 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gengivelse af en lang række akter og dokumenter til belysning af australske lederes reaktioner og dispositioner under 2. VK.
Download or read book Australia Goes to War 1939 1945 written by John Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the wars - Mediterranean campaign - Japanese threat - Malaya - New Guinea - Australia's role in the war - Australian armed services casualties.
Download or read book Australia in the War of 1939 1945 Vol VII The Final Campaigns written by Gavin Long and published by . This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume concludes the Army Series. It describes the Australian Army campaigns in the last months of 1944 and in 1945. It tells the full story of the fighting in Bougainville, New Britain, round Wewak, at Balikpapan and Tarakan and in British Borneo.
Download or read book Australia in the War of 1939 1945 Vol I To Bengazi written by Gavin Long and published by . This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, the first of seven in the army series of the official history of Australia in the war of 1939-45, carries the story of the Second AIF up to the end of the operations in Cyrenaica in the first quarter of 1941. It tells briefly the story of the Australian Army from 1919 to 1939 and describes the raising of an expeditionary force for service in Hitler's war. It discusses some of the problems encountered by the commanders of that force in the Middle East in 1940 - often problems of enduring interest in that they have been met and will be met again by other leaders of the forces of minor partners in a coalition war. The defeat of the Italian army in Cyrenaica by the 7th Armoured and 6th Australian Divisions is narrated in a degree of detail made possible by reliance not only on contemporary reports and war diaries but on private papers and interviews and correspondence with a large number of participants. Finally the question whether the British political leaders in February 1941 missed a golden opportunity of marching on to Tripoli and securing great strategical gains is examined in the light of hitherto unpublished documents from both the Allied and the Axis side.
Download or read book Australia s War 1939 45 written by Joan Beaumont and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second World War was a dominant experience in Australian history. For the first time the country faced the threat of invasion. The economy and society were mobilised to an unprecedented degree, with 550 000 men and women, or one in twelve of a population of over 7 million, serving in the armed forces overseas. Social patterns and family life were disrupted. Politically, the war gave a new legitimacy to the Australian Labor Party which had been confined to the wilderness of the Opposition at the Federal level for most of the inter-war years. The powers of the Federal government increased and a new momentum for social reform was generated at the popular and governmental level. In the international sphere, the war fundamentally shook Australian confidence in the power on which it had relied for generations, Great Britain. It generated a sense of independence in Australian foreign policy and initiated a new, if halting and problematic, realignment towards the United States. In this accessible book Joan Beaumont, Kate Darian-Smith, David Lee, David Lowe, Marnie Haig-Muir, Roy Hay and David Walker consider the range of Australia's experience of this conflict. In a single volume they draw together the many aspects of the war and distil the current state of historical scholarship. Australia's War 1939-45 will be invaluable to tertiary students and of enormous interest to the reader concerned with the social, political and military history of Australia. A companion volume on the First World War is also available.
Download or read book Australia at War 1939 1945 written by John Robertson and published by Melbourne : Heinemann. This book was released on 1981 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Military History of Australia written by Jeffrey Grey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Military History of Australia provides a detailed chronological narrative of Australia's wars across more than two hundred years, set in the contexts of defence and strategic policy, the development of society and the impact of war and military service on Australia and Australians. It discusses the development of the armed forces as institutions and examines the relationship between governments and military policy. This book is a revised and updated edition of one of the most acclaimed overviews of Australian military history available. It is the only comprehensive, single-volume treatment of the role and development of Australia's military and their involvement in war and peace across the span of Australia's modern history. It concludes with consideration of Australian involvement in its region and more widely since the terrorist attacks of September 11 and the waging of the global war on terror.
Download or read book Pictorial History of Australia at War 1939 45 written by Australian War Memorial and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book High Command written by David Horner and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since it was first published in 1982, High Command had become the standard reference for anyone interested in Australia’s participation in the Second World War, this edition was originally published in 1992. The 50th anniversary of battles such as Singapore, Coral Sea and Kokoda in 1942 re-awakened interest in these milestones in Australia’s struggle for independence. Despite the well-known exploits of Australian servicemen in a score of famous battles, Australia’s contribution to the war was ultimately determined by the strategic policy-makers in Canberra, Washington and London. How competent were our politicians, military leaders and advisers in formulating our own war strategy? How much did the performance of Australian troops on the battlefield affect our ability to influence allied strategy? The author describes the clash between Generals Rowell and Blamey in Greece. He reveals the impact of the secretary of the Department of Defence, Sir Frederick Shedden, on strategic policy-making. He analyses the role of intelligence, especially signals intelligence, in allied strategy. He shows how Blamey’s miscalculation in 1944 removed any chance of Australian troops joining the Americans in the Philippines. And he reveals how a British admiral challenged the authority of the Australian government. High Command presents the remarkable, full story of the political battles behind the military battles.
Download or read book Total War written by Garry Disher and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bombing of Darwin - War with Japan - Battlefronts - Nurses - War artists - Prisoners of War - Cowra breakout - Dunera internees - Censorship - Home front (Homefront) - Rationing & ration books - War paintings by Albert Tucker - Women in the Second World War - Statistics of working women - Women in the armed services - American-Australian relations - American in Australia (GIs).
Download or read book The Australian Army at War written by Australian Army Staff and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Official Record of Australian Army Service in Two Hemispheres, 1939-1944. This is a completely new edition (not a facsimile) of a booklet first published in Australia in 1944. This work presents a brief but comprehensive summary of the Australian Army from 1939 to 1944, including coverage of their "battle record" in North Africa, Greece, Crete, Syria, Malaya, Java, Timor, Portuguese Timor, New Britain, New Guinea, Milne Bay, the Owen Stanleys, Wau, Markham and Ramu Valleys, Ethiopia, plus special forces, mainland defense, Australia's Home Guard, Army Women's Services, manpower, artillery, rations, equipment, signals, medical service. 56 photos; 2 maps; drawing; appendices.
Download or read book The Australian Army at War written by Ray Merriam and published by . This book was released on 2012-03-21 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merriam Press Military Monograph 304. Seventh Edition (March 2012). This work presents a brief but comprehensive summary of the Australian Army from 1939 to 1944, including coverage of their "battle record" in North Africa, Greece, Crete, Syria, Malaya, Java, Timor, Portuguese Timor, New Britain, New Guinea, Milne Bay, The Owen Stanleys, Wau, Markham and Ramu Valleys, and Ethiopia. Other contents includes: * Special forces * Mainland defense * Australia's Home Guard * Army Women's Services * Manpower * Artillery * Rations * Equipment * Signals * Medical service * 56 Photos * 1 Maps * 1 Drawing.
Download or read book Australia in the War of 1939 1945 written by Sir Paul Hasluck and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of the Demobilization of the Australian Defence Forces at the Conclusion of Hostilities of the 1939 45 War written by and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Second World War written by Richard Pelvin and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The disastrous toll of the 1914-1918 conflict, the shattering of the idealistic schemes for international order that followed it and the presence of a hostile and feared Asian empire close to the north meant that Australians regarded the declaration of war as a grim necessity, not a cause for celebration as in 1914. This beautifully illustrated book is a moving pictorial record of the Second World War as experienced by the Australian men and women who contributed so much. More than 500 rarely seen photographs, historic maps, letters and diaries from the Australian War Memorial archives bring the Second World War to life and create an intimate portrayal of the very human side of battle. Australians fought in North Africa, the Mediterranean, Europe and across the Pacific. In these theatres of war, despite the hardships, the horrors and the loss of life suffered, the inextinguishable bravery, dignity and spirit shown by the Australians make the Second World War one of our greatest endeavours as a nation.
