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Great Battles in Australian History

Author : Jonathan King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781459634862
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Great Battles in Australian History written by Jonathan King and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From battle on the high seas in the 18th century, to the peace - keeping forces in the 21st century, award - winning author Dr Jonathan King describes the battles that have had the greatest influence on Australian history. Great Battles in Australian History tells the story of the forty most remarkable conflicts involving Australians through the eyes of the great heroes who were there. Alongside them, we can ride a horse into battle to save a wounded bugler in the Boer War; charge up the cliffs with the Anzacs at Gallipoli to help forge the legend; ride history's last great cavalry charge with the legendary Light Horse; shoot Japanese planes down as they bomb Darwin; beat off Hitler's Desert Fox, Rommel, with the 'Rats of Tobruk'; escape from a Viet Cong ambush in a tropical downpour, or slide down a rope from a helicopter into the jaws of a Taliban attack in Afghanistan. Many of these great warriors won the Victoria Cross; some died winning it. As historian Jonathan King takes us to the battlefields of long ago and then on a rollercoaster - ride right up to the war in Afghanistan, he brings history alive, laying bare the significance of each battle. Despite the heroics and the glory, the devastation that war wreaks is inescapable. This book serves as a tribute to all the Australian servicemen and women who have fought selflessly for their country over the last two centuries.

The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles

Author : Chris Clark
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant
ISBN 13 : 9781459603929
Total Pages : 804 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles written by Chris Clark and published by ReadHowYouWant. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles contains concise descriptions of all the major battles that have taken place in Australia or in which Australians have been involved over more than 200 years - from frontier clashes between Aborigines and Europeans, participation by colonial forces in Britain's small wars in the 19th century, through to the World Wars and other conflicts of the 20th century, up to and including involvement in East Timor. Arranged chronologically, over 300 battles are detailed - at sea, on the ground and in the air. A ready reference is provided, listing the date and location of each event, and the main units and commanders involved. Based on studies of historical records and first-hand accounts, and illustrated with explanatory maps, contemporary drawings and photographs of the fighting in progress, a concise and readable account of the course of the battle and its outcome is given. Compiled by one of Australia's leading historians, The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles is both an invaluable reference for the military specialist and an illuminating guide for general readers unaware of the breadth and history of the Australian experience of combat.

The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles

Author : C. D. Coulthard-Clark
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1741151074
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles written by C. D. Coulthard-Clark and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2001 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronological reference work describing all the major battles fought in Australia or by Australians overseas, providing the 'where, when, who, what and how' of each action. 'The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles' contains concise descriptions of all

GREAT BATTLES IN AUSTRALIAN HISTORY.

Author : JONATHAN. KING
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781525201080
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book GREAT BATTLES IN AUSTRALIAN HISTORY. written by JONATHAN. KING and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Battles that Shaped Australia

Author : David Murray Horner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781863737043
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Battles that Shaped Australia written by David Murray Horner and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of articles, first published in the TAustralian', commemorating the major battles involving Australians between December 1941 and 1942. Provides outlines of events, reminiscences and analyses of political, military, strategic and historical issues. Indexed. Contributors include journalists and military historians. The editor is a leading military historian, and a fellow at the Strategic Defence Studies Centre, ANU.

Where Australians Fought

Author : Christopher David Coulthard-Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781864486117
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book Where Australians Fought written by Christopher David Coulthard-Clark and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronological reference work describing all the major battles fought in Australia or by Australians overseas, providing the where, when, who, what and how of each action. The book covers over 300 actions, from battles between Aborigines and Europeans on Australia's frontiers and participation by colonial forces in Britain's small wars in the 19th century, through to the World Wars and other conflicts of this century up to and including the Gulf War.

Australia's Military History For Dummies

Author : David Horner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1742468942
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Australia's Military History For Dummies written by David Horner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-09-16 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created especially for the Australian customer! The simple and easy way to get your mind around Australia's military history More people are visiting Gallipoli and walking the Kokoda Trail each year — now find out why. This complete guide helps you trace the story of Australia's involvement in war, from the colonial conflicts with the Indigenous population, through the World Wars to peacekeeping initiatives in East Timor and the controversial conflict in Afghanistan. Find out the origins of Australia's military history — go all the way back to the arrival of the First Fleet and the conflicts with the Indigenous peoples Learn about the heroism of the Anzacs — discover the origins of the legend of Gallipoli, and how the brass bungled the campaign Discover the horrors of war — consider the suffering and huge losses on the Western Front Recognise the successful battles of World Wars I and II — follow the Diggers' exploits in Palestine and Syria, and at Tobruk and Alamein Marvel at the grim jungle battles — track the Diggersthrough New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya and Vietnam between 1942 and 1972 Admire Australia's efforts to repel possible invaders — learn how Australians defended their country against the Japanese during World War II See how the Cold War heated up — witness the fight against communism in the Korean and Vietnam Wars Appreciate the modern-day Australian Defence Force — acknowledge the courage of the men and women who protectus into the 21st century Open the book and find: New insights into the meaning of Anzac Day Simple explanations of the structure of Australia's military Details of who fought whom, where, when and why Stories of Australia's great military fighters and leaders Accounts of the iconic battles that established Australia's reputation Locations of Australia's peacekeeping operations around the world Ways in which war and conflict have shaped the nation Reasons why Australia goes to war Learn to: Comprehend the impact of waron Australia Appreciate the heroism at AnzacCove and other significant battlefields Understand the controversies ofrecent conflicts, including in Vietnam and Iraq

Great Disasters in Australian History

Author : Jonathan King
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1743435746
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book Great Disasters in Australian History written by Jonathan King and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping account of the worst disasters to hit Australia since Federation From bushfires to cyclones; sinking ships; train and plane crashes; mine explosions and bridge collapses; the Port Arthur massacre and the Bali bombings; Australia has suffered numerous terrible tragedies. Bestselling author and historian Dr Jonathan King recounts the most extreme disasters to have hit Australia, opening each account with stories of the victims who died or whose lives were irrevocably changed by them, detailing the events and conditions that contributed to them, and telling inspiring tales of heroism and bravery in response to them. Dr King also shows how many of the disasters were caused by avoidable human error or negligence and warns that global warming will cause ever more extreme weather events. Dreadful as they've been, most Australian tragedies have resulted in constructive initiatives such as tighter gun controls in response to the Port Arthur shootings; stricter regulations for transport by air, sea and rail; and safer conditions for workers. Thought-provoking and gripping, Great Disasters in Australian History takes you on a rollercoaster ride through more than a century of tragedies that have rocked our nation.

Great Battles of the Great War

Author : Michael Stedman
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473814723
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Great Battles of the Great War written by Michael Stedman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linking with a six part television programme (to be shown on ITV in November) covering the history of Gallipoli, The Somme and Ypres this book combines contemporary imagery with atmospheric photographs, revealing the very essence of these places. Quality photography is matched by powerful commentary encompassing the grand sweep of the Great War sustained by an intimate local knowledge.

The Sydney Wars

Author : Stephen Gapps
Publisher : NewSouth
ISBN 13 : 1742244246
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book The Sydney Wars written by Stephen Gapps and published by NewSouth. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sydney Wars tells the history of military engagements between Europeans and Aboriginal Australians – described as ‘this constant sort of war’ by one early colonist – around the greater Sydney region. Telling the story of the first years of colonial Sydney in a new and original way, this provocative book is the first detailed account of the warfare that occurred across the Sydney region from the arrival of a British expedition in 1788 to the last recorded conflict in the area in 1817. The Sydney Wars sheds new light on how British and Aboriginal forces developed military tactics and how the violence played out. Analysing the paramilitary roles of settlers and convicts and the militia defensive systems that were deployed, it shows that white settlers lived in fear, while Indigenous people fought back as their land and resources were taken away. Stephen Gapps details the violent conflict that formed part of a long period of colonial strategic efforts to secure the Sydney basin and, in time, the rest of the continent. ‘A powerful and cogent contribution to one of the most contentious aspects of Australian history: the war between British settlers and the First Nations. The fine detailed research will mean that we will have to radically reassess our understanding of the history of the first thirty years of settlement.’ —Henry Reynolds

The History Wars

Author : Stuart Macintyre
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0522851282
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (228 download)

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Download or read book The History Wars written by Stuart Macintyre and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The History Wars is very important. The book will sit on the shelves of libraries as a code stone to help people understand the motivations of players in today's contemporary debate. It sheds light on the political battle which is carried on in the pubs and on the footpaths about who we are and what has become of us.' andmdash; Hon. Paul Keating, Prime Minister of Australia, 1991-1996 The nation's history has probably never been more politicised than it is today. Politicians, journalists, columnists, academics and Australians from all walks of life argue passionately andmdash; and often, ideologically andmdash; about the significance of the national story: the cherished ideal of the 'fair go', the much contested facts of Indigenous dispossession, the Anzac legend, and the nation's strategic alliance with the United States. Historians have become both combatants and casualties in this war of words. In The History Wars, Stuart Macintyre and Anna Clark explore how this intense public debate has polarised the nation and paralysed history departments. This edition includes a new afterword by Stuart Macintyre which recounts, with rueful irony, the outbreak of controversy that followed the book's original publication, and the further light it shed on the uses and abuses of Australian history.

Gallipoli

Author : Jenny Macleod
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019103522X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Gallipoli written by Jenny Macleod and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British-led Mediterranean Expeditionary Force that attacked the Ottoman Empire at Gallipoli in 1915 was a multi-national affair, including Australian, New Zealand, Irish, French, and Indian soldiers. Ultimately a failure, the campaign ended with the withdrawal of the Allied forces after less than nine months and the unexpected victory of the Ottoman armies and their German allies. In Britain, the campaign led to the removal of Churchill from his post as First Lord of the Admiralty and the abandonment of the plan to attack Germany via its 'soft underbelly' in the East. Thereafter, it was largely forgotten on a national level, commemorated only in specific localities linked to the campaign. In post-war Turkey, by contrast, the memory of Gallipoli played an important role in the formation of a Turkish national identity, celebrating both the ordinary soldier and the genius of the republic's first president, Mustafa Kemal. The campaign served a similarly important formative role in both Australia and New Zealand, where it is commemorated annually on Anzac Day. For the southern Irish, meanwhile, the bitter memory of service for the King in a botched campaign was forgotten for decades. Shaped initially by the imperatives of war-time, and the needs of the grief-stricken and the bereft, the memory of Gallipoli has been re-made time and again over the last century. For the Turks an inspirational victory, for many on the Allied side a glorious and romantic defeat, for others still an episode best forgotten, 'Gallipoli' has meant different things to different people, serving by turns as an occasion of sincere and heartfelt sorrow, an opportunity for separatist and feminist protest, and a formative influence in the forging of national identities.

The Battle History of the Royal New South Wales Regiment: 1885-1918

Author : Gordon L. Maitland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780731810475
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Battle History of the Royal New South Wales Regiment: 1885-1918 written by Gordon L. Maitland and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Big Book of Australia's War Stories

Author : Jim Haynes
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760872660
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Australia's War Stories written by Jim Haynes and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique collection of poignant, horrific, sad and sometimes dryly humorous stories and tales about wartime experiences of Australian's on the front lines, in the air and on the sea. 'The bravest thing God ever made,' said a British officer of the insubordinate Aussies at Gallipoli. And before the Normandy invasion, Field Marshal Montgomery's chief of staff remarked, 'I only wish we had the Australian 9th Division with us this morning'. But there is more to the Australian experience of war than heroic endeavour and bravery. Jim Haynes has rediscovered stories that are as harrowing as they are uplifting, as strange as they are brutal and as heart-breaking as they are humorous. From Federation to the Vietnam War, from our first VC winner to our hundredth, this sweeping overview of Australia's military adventures both overseas and at home is a guide to understanding how this nation's role in the twentieth century's major conflicts unfolded as each war ebbed and flowed. These stories have formed Australia's collective memory of war. Some battles and campaigns are household names, although their historical significance may have been lost. Others are barely remembered now but are part of our history and deserve to be retold. These are the accounts, recollections and legends that explain Australia's wartime reputation. They demonstrate the extraordinary courage, resilience, stoic humour, personal heroism and sacrifice that created the mythology of the Aussie 'digger' - the soldiers, sailors, nurses and flyers who did things their own way and earned the undying respect of both their allies and their enemies.

The Broken Years

Author : Bill Gammage
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Broken Years written by Bill Gammage and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published by the Australian National University Press in 1974, this is a reprint of the Penguin edition published in 1975. A study based on the diaries and letters of approximately 1000 Australians who fought as front line soldiers in the Great War (1914-1918) and who contributed to the ANZAC Legend. It attempts to show how and why the war affected the fighting men and in turn the attitudes and ideas of Australia as a nation. Includes a bibliography, name index and general index. The author is a lecturer in Australian history at the Adelaide University. His books include TAn Australian in World War One' and TNarrandera Shire'. He was adviser to Peter Weir's film TGallipoli'.

Australians and the First World War

Author : Kate Ariotti
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319515209
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Australians and the First World War written by Kate Ariotti and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contributes to the global turn in First World War studies by exploring Australians’ engagements with the conflict across varied boundaries and by situating Australian voices and perspectives within broader, more complex contexts. This diverse and multifaceted collection includes chapters on the composition and contribution of the Australian Imperial Force, the experiences of prisoners of war, nurses and Red Cross workers, the resonances of overseas events for Australians at home, and the cultural legacies of the war through remembrance and representation. The local-global framework provides a fresh lens through which to view Australian connections with the Great War, demonstrating that there is still much to be said about this cataclysmic event in modern history.

High Command

Author : David Horner
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000339270
Total Pages : 685 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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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.