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Stretcher-Bearers: Saving Australians from Gallipoli to Kokoda by Mark Johnston
Category: Military | Series: Australian Army History Series
Stretcher-bearers is a compelling account of the experience of Australian stretcher-bearers during the First and Second World Wars. Respected military historian, Mark Johnston traces the development of formal stretcher-bearing from its origin in the early nineteenth century under Napoleon to the Second ...Show more
Surviving the Great War - Australian Prisoners of War on the Western Front 1916-18 by Aaron Pegram
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Army History Ser.
Between 1916 and 1918, more than 3,800 men of the Australian Imperial Force were taken prisoner by German forces fighting on the Western Front. Australians captured in France and Belgium did not easily integrate into public narratives of Australia in the First World War and its commemorative rituals. Ca ...Show more
The Battle for Wau by Phillip Bradley
Category: Military | Series: Australian Army History
The Battle for Wau brings together for the first time the full story of the early World War II conflicts in New Guinea, from the landing of the Japanese at Salamaua in March 1942 to their defeat at Wau in February 1943. Phillip Bradley draws on the recollections of over 70 veterans from the campaign and ...Show more
The Hard Slog : Australians in the Bougainville Campaign, 1944-45 by Karl James
Category: Military | Series: Australian Army History Series
The island of Bougainville in the South Pacific was the site of one of the largest and most gruelling campaigns fought by Australian forces during the Second World War. During the offensive against the Japanese from November 1944 to August 1945, more than 500 Australians were killed and two Victoria Cro ...Show more
The History of the Royal Australian Corps of Transport 1973-2000 by Albert Palazzo
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Army History Ser.
Created in 1973 from the Royal Australian Army Service Corps and the Royal Australian Engineers (Transportation), the RACT has built an impressive record of service to the ADF. This history tells how the new Corps built on the proud traditions and heritage of its forebears. The corps has been committed ...Show more
The Kokoda Campaign 1942: Myth and Reality by Peter Williams
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Army History Series
The fighting on the Kokoda Track in World War II is second only to Gallipoli in the Australian national consciousness. The Kokoda campaign of 1942 has taken on mythical status in Australian military history. According to the legend, Australian soldiers were vastly outnumbered by the Japanese, who suffer ...Show more
The Search for Tactical Success in Vietnam: An Analysis of Australian Task Force Combat Operations by Andrew Ross et al
Category: Military | Series: Australian Army History Series
From 1966 to 1971 the First Australian Task Force was part of the counterinsurgency campaign in South Vietnam. Though considered a small component of the Free World effort in the war, these troops from Australia and New Zealand were in fact the best trained and prepared for counterinsurgency warfare. Ho ...Show more
To Salamaua by Phillip Bradley
Category: Military | Series: Australian Army History Series
Following on from his acclaimed book, The Battle for Wau, Phillip Bradley turns his attention to the Salamaua campaign - the first of the New Guinea offensives by the Australian Army in the Second World War. Opening with the pivotal air-sea battle of the Bismarck Sea, this important title recounts the f ...Show more