The Complete Story of the Australian War
Author: Bruce Davies & Gary McKay
For Australians, Vietnam remains one of the most difficult - and controversial - wars we have fought. On the fiftieth anniversary of Australia's first involvement comes Vietnam: The Complete Story of the Australian War, ... |
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Author: David Horner & Peter Williams
Interest in the Kokoda Trail is growing rapidly among many Australians, both for its attraction as a hiking destination and for its historical significance. Kokoda for Dummies offers a fast track tool for learning everyt ... |
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Author: Paul Ham
"Nobody is more disturbed," said President Truman, three days after the destruction of Nagasaki in 1945, "over the use of the atomic bombs than I am, but I was greatly disturbed over the unwarranted attack by the Japanes ... |
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Author: Paul Cleary & Paul Cleary
By February 1942 the Japanese had invaded the Dutch East Indies as part of their push south. All that stood in the way of their moving significant resources to take part in the main fighting in Papua New Guinea was a for ... |
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How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan
Author: Eric Blehm
On a moonless night just weeks after September 11, 2001, a U.S. Special Forces team of Green Berets known as ODA 574 infiltrated the mountains of southern Afghanistan with a seemingly impossible mission: to foment a ... |
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Harry Patch and the Legacy of War
Author: Peter Parker
This moving and timely book explores the way the First World War has been thought about and commemorated, and how it has affected its own, and later, generations. On 11 November 1920, huge crowds lined the streets of Lon ... |
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Author: D.F.C. Forbes & D.F.C. Allen
The extraordinary stories of ten fighter pilots, told in their very own words during the Second World War. First published by Collins in 1942, this utterly compelling collection of first-hand accounts of ten fighter pilo ... |
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Author: Peter FitzSimons
'What we have we hold' MOTTO OF AUSTRALIA'S 2/17TH BATTALION In the tradition of his bestselling Kokoda Peter FitzSimons Australia's most beloved popular historian focuses on one of the seminal moments in Australia ... |
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Author: Frank Walker
The Vietnamese hill tribes made him a demi-god. The CIA wanted to kill him. This is the remarkable true story of Australian war hero Barry Petersen. In 1963, the 28-year-old Barry was sent to Vietnam as part of the 30-ma ... |
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The Life of Billy Sing
Author: John Hamilton
The Anzac battlefield on Gallipoli was made for snipers. Scrub, cliffs, spurs and hills meant that both Anzac and Turkish positions often overlooked one another. The unwary or unlucky were prey to snipers on both sides, ... |
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The Blistering True Story of a British Battle Group Under Siege
Author: Dan Mills
We all saw it at once. Half a dozen voices screamed 'Grenade!' simultaneously. Then everything went into slow motion. The grenade took an age to travel through its 20 metre arc. A dark, small oval-shaped package of miser ... |
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The Story of the AK-47
Author: C. J. Chivers
The AK-47, or 'Kalashnikov', is the most abundant and efficient firearm on earth. It is so light it can be used by children. It has transformed the way we fight wars, and its story is the chilling story of modern warfare ... |
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The Story of Australia's Greatest Shipwreck Hunter
Author: Hugh Edwards
The story of more than sixty years of diving adventures including his significant find of The Batavia, Hugh Edwards documents his life through tales of shipwreck, treasure hunting and salvage. Brought up on tales of pira ... |
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Author: Denis Avey & Rob Broomby
THE MAN WHO BROKE INTO AUSCHWITZ is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into Buna-Monowitz, the concentration camp known as Auschwitz III. In the summer of 1944, Denis Avey was being h ... |
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Australians at War from Beersheba to Tobruk and El Alamein
Author: Peter Rees
More than 2,200 Australians died in the desert campaigns in WWI, while another 3,500 died in the desert and Mediterranean campaigns in WWII. Thousands more carried the wounds of war for the rest of their lives. Countless ... |
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Author: Frank Walker
For 39 years the Australian Defence Force strenuously denied a unit called the 2nd Defence and Employment Platoon existed during the Vietnam War.The platoon was a makeshift rapid deployment force of 38 men, all regular t ... |
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