Author: John RobertsonPublisher: Melbourne : Heinemann
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Australia at War, 1939-1945
Author: John RobertsonPublisher: Melbourne : Heinemann
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Australia Goes to War, 1939-1945
Author: John RobertsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Between the wars - Mediterranean campaign - Japanese threat - Malaya - New Guinea - Australia's role in the war - Australian armed services casualties.
Australia at War 1939-1945
Author: Australia's War 1939-45
Author: Taylor & Francis GroupPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367717506
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
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.
Pictorial History of Australia at War, 1939-45
Author: Australian War MemorialPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Australia in the War of 1939-1945 : Ser. 3. Air
Author: Pictorial History of Australia at War, 1939-1945
Author: Australian War MemorialPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Australia in the War of 1939-1945
Author: High Command
Author: David HornerPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000339270
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 685
Book Description
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.
Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Vol. VII: The Final Campaigns
Author: Gavin LongPublisher:
ISBN: 9781783310012
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
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.