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Download or read book ANZAC STEEL written by Tony McGrath and published by Tony McGrath. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early August 1914, Arthur Steel and his best mate, Don Cameron travel to Sydney from their hometown of Warwick, Queensland to enlist in the 1st Brigade of the Australian Imperial Force. On April 25, 1915 they storm the beaches of Gallipoli, Turkey in the second wave of the Anzac attack. The Australians are cut to pieces. Arthur is shot on the third day, but survives. Don is later killed at the Battle of Lone Pine. Following in their footsteps, Arthur’s brothers, Herbert and Robert - along with their cousin William - all enlist in the Light Horse Brigade. Don Cameron’s brother Bob, joins the infantry. Arthur recovers in England and returns to 2nd Battalion to fight on in the trenches of the Western Front. He is gassed under Hill 60, hit with shrapnel at Ypres and shot three more times. One town, two families, six sons. By war’s end, each will each face a different outcome. This is their story - from Gallipoli to Armistice Day and beyond.
Book Synopsis American Thunder by : Richard C. Anderson Jr.
Download or read book American Thunder written by Richard C. Anderson Jr. and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 751 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the machine gun changed the course of ground combat in the First World War, it was the tank that shaped ground combat in World War II. The tank was introduced in World War I in an effort to end the stalemate of the machine gun versus barbed-wire trenches, and by World War II, the tank’s mobility and firepower became a rolling, thundering difference-maker on the battlefield. In this detailed, deeply researched, and heavily illustrated book, tank expert Richard Anderson tells the story of how the United States developed its armored force, turning it into a war-winning weapon in World War II that powered American ground forces and supplied armies around the world, including the British and Soviets. For decades, American tanks of World War II have been undervalued in comparisons with German and Soviet tanks—and it’s true that the best of American armor tended to underperform the best of German and Soviet armor during the war. That’s because the U.S. had a different goal: not only to create battleworthy tanks like the Sherman, and to develop other tanks, but also to supply American allies with serviceable, combat-ready tanks. The United States did all this, but until now the complete story of American tanks in World War II has yet to be told. Anderson’s book is deeper and more thorough a chronicle of American tanks in World War II than has ever been done. This book is colorful, vivid, and thought-provokingly insightful on how the U.S. produced a tank force capable of conducting its own battlefield efforts and sustaining key allies around the world. This will be the go-to volume on American tanks for years to come.
Book Synopsis The British and Cyprus by : Mark Simmons
Download or read book The British and Cyprus written by Mark Simmons and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the British involvement with the island of Cyprus over a hundred years. Since World War I, Cyprus has played a key role in British defence strategy. After the withdrawal from Egypt the island became the British Middle East headquarters. Britain retains two sovereign bases on the island, and it has become a favourite with UK tourists. Much of the tale is oral history, told in the words of the people who served the British Crown on Cyprus, civil and military; many relate their experiences first hand. There are fascinating accounts from Royal Marine Commandos, and soldiers of the Parachute Regiment along with other Army units, and the thoughts of sailors and airmen, and civilians of the Colonial Service and those who served in the Cyprus Police, of service wives and writers, most not published before.
Book Synopsis Anzac's Long Shadow by : James Brown
Download or read book Anzac's Long Shadow written by James Brown and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘A century ago we got it wrong. We sent thousands of young Australians on a military operation that was barely more than a disaster. It’s right that a hundred years later we should feel strongly about that. But have we got our remembrance right? What lessons haven’t we learned about war, and what might be the cost of our Anzac obsession?’ Defence analyst and former army officer James Brown believes that Australia is expending too much time, money and emotion on the Anzac legend, and that today’s soldiers are suffering for it. Vividly evoking the war in Afghanistan, Brown reveals the experience of the modern soldier. He looks closely at the companies and clubs that trade on the Anzac story. He shows that Australians spend a lot more time looking after dead warriors than those who are alive. We focus on a cult of remembrance, instead of understanding a new world of soldiering and strategy. And we make it impossible to criticise the Australian Defence Force, even when it makes the same mistakes over and over. None of this is good for our soldiers or our ability to deal with a changing world. With respect and passion, Brown shines a new light on Anzac’s long shadow and calls for change. "Bold, original, challenging - James Brown tackles the burgenoning Anzac industry and asks Australians to re-examine how we think about the military and modern-day service." - Leigh Sales "The best book yet written, not just on Australia's Afghan war, but on war itself and the creator/destroyer myth of Anzac." - John Birmingham James Brown is a former Australian Army officer, who commanded a cavalry troop in Southern Iraq, served on the Australian taskforce headquarters in Baghdad, and was attached to Special Forces in Afghanistan. Today he is the Military Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy where he works on strategic military issues and defence policy. He also chairs the NSW Government’s Contemporary Veterans Forum. He lives in Sydney.
Book Synopsis The Western Desert Campaign 1940-41 by : Glenn Wahlert
Download or read book The Western Desert Campaign 1940-41 written by Glenn Wahlert and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the North African campaign has been studied in detail over the years, much of this study has been dedicated to the battles between the British 8th Army and Rommel's Afrika Korps. There has been little serious study of Wavell's campaign against Italian forces in 1940- 41, nor of the role played by the Australian 6th Division in the eventual Italian defeat. Part of this can be attributed to wartime propaganda that labelled the Italian Army dilettantes and mocked their courage. The truth is much different. Many Italian units showed incredible bravery, and the Australian assaults on fortress towns such as Bardia were far from a walkover. Today's aspiring military commanders need look no further than the early Western Desert campaign for historical examples of brilliant leadership, detailed planning, deception, surprise, manoeuvre warfare and relentless pursuit, all against overwhelming odds.
Book Synopsis Guts Glory and Blunder by : Andrew Faulkner
Download or read book Guts Glory and Blunder written by Andrew Faulkner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-04-03 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of a forgotten battle. Other than in the haunted memories of those who fought there, and the families of those who died there, this battle is a footnote in the history books: a backwater off a side road at the end of a cul-de-sac on the battlefield tour trail. Guts Glory and Blunder reaches into the valley beneath the vaunted Hindenburg Line to draw out the men who fought and died seizing the French village of Noreuil in 1917. It finds hardened Anzacs and raw reinforcements fighting and dying shoulder-to-shoulder, step by bloody step, on the path to victory. Beginning on Gallipoli’s fatal shore, Guts Glory and Blunder follows the Anzacs to the Somme trenches and the race to the Hindenburg Line. This is a story of the 50th Battalion’s uncommon valour in its fiercest battle. How ordinary men performed superhuman feats despite a flawed plan, ‘friendly’ fire, enemy atrocities – a POW massacre and human shield tactics – and a combat mutiny. How a larrikin private was awarded a Victoria Cross for one of the most audacious stunts in the history of the medal. Guts Glory and Blunder is a story of how the diggers prevailed against all odds.
Book Synopsis Anzac Battlefield by : Antonio Sagona
Download or read book Anzac Battlefield written by Antonio Sagona and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anzac Battlefield: A Gallipoli Landscape of War and Memory explores the transformation of Gallipoli's landscape in antiquity, during the famed battles of the First World War and in the present day. Drawing on archival, archaeological and cartographic material, this book unearths the deep history of the Gallipoli peninsula, setting the Gallipoli campaign in a broader cultural and historical context. The book presents the results of an original archaeological survey, the research for which was supported by the Australian, New Zealand and Turkish Governments. The survey examines materials from both sides of the battlefield, and sheds new light on the environment in which Anzac and Turkish soldiers endured the conflict. Richly illustrated with both Ottoman and Anzac archival images and maps, as well as original maps and photographs of the landscape and archaeological findings, Anzac Battlefield is an important contribution to our understanding of Gallipoli and its landscape of war and memory.
Book Synopsis Modelling the Matilda Infantry Tank by : Mark Bannerman
Download or read book Modelling the Matilda Infantry Tank written by Mark Bannerman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Matilda tank saw action in almost all theatres of World War II, from Europe to the Pacific. Born in the interwar years, and developed with numerous modifications following combat testing, the Matilda is perhaps most famous for its role in the desert campaigns of 1940-41, thus acquiring its nickname 'Queen of the Desert'. This book provides a detailed guide to modelling the Matilda tank across a variety of types, colour schemes and scales, and features excellent reference photos. Using clearly explained techniques and methods, and featuring the work of several top modellers, this step-by-step guide to building, finishing and displaying the Matilda in European, Western Desert and Australian service presents a creative and enagaging approach to modelling the 'Tilly'.
Book Synopsis Merchant Vessels of the United States... by : United States. Coast Guard
Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States... written by United States. Coast Guard and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Architecture of East Australia by : Bill MacMahon
Download or read book The Architecture of East Australia written by Bill MacMahon and published by Edition Axel Menges. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Australian architecture might be said to parallel the endeavours of Australians to adapt & reconcile themselves with their home & neighbours. It is the story of 200 years of coming to terms with the land: of adaptation, insight & making do. Early settlers were poorly provisioned, profoundly ignorant of the land & richly prejudiced towards its peoples. They pursued many paths over many terrains. From the moist temperate region of Tasmania with heavy Palladian villas to the monsoonal north with open, lightweight stilt houses, the continent has induced most different regional building styles.
Book Synopsis Timing is Everything by : Peter Greener
Download or read book Timing is Everything written by Peter Greener and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book identifies the critical factors that shaped and influenced New Zealand's defence acquisition decision-making processes from the election of the Fourth Labour Government in 1984 and the subsequent ANZUS crisis, through to the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and the following 'war on terror'. It explores and analyses decision-making processes in relation to the ANZAC frigates, the military sealift ship HMNZS Charles Upham, the F-16 strike aircraft, the P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft upgrade, and the LAV IIIs.
Download or read book Commercial Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Merchant Vessels of the United States by :
Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Dardanelles Campaign, 1915 by : Fred R. van Hartesveldt
Download or read book The Dardanelles Campaign, 1915 written by Fred R. van Hartesveldt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1997-11-20 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The passage of time has not slowed the production of books and articles about World War I. This volume provides a guide to the historiography and bibliography of the Dardanelles Campaign, including the Gallipoli invasion. It focuses on military history but also provides information on political histories that give significant attention to the handling of the Dardanelles Campaign. The opening section of the book provides background information about the campaign, discusses the major sources of information, and lays out the major interpretative disputes. A comprehensive annotated bibliography follows. This book nicely complements the two earlier volumes on World War I battles—The Battle of Jutland by Eugene Rasor and The Battles of the Somme by Fred R. van Hartesveldt.
Book Synopsis Kelly's Directory of Merchants, Manufacturers and Shippers by :
Download or read book Kelly's Directory of Merchants, Manufacturers and Shippers written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 3728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Official History of New Zealand's Efforts in the Great War by :
Download or read book Official History of New Zealand's Efforts in the Great War written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Kelly's Directory of Manufacturers and Merchants by :
Download or read book Kelly's Directory of Manufacturers and Merchants written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 1986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
