Australians at war : a pictorial history / A.K. Macdougall
- Bib ID:
- 152378
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Macdougall, A.K., 1943–
- Online Version:
- Table of contents
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- Edition:
- Rev., expanded ed.
- Description:
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- Noble Park, Vic. : Five Mile Press, 2002
- 360 p., [16] p. of plates : il1. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 31 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 186503648X
- 1865038652
- Full contents:
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- THE LONG MARCH BEGINS: Prelude. The Boer War, 1899-1902. The Calm Before the Storm.
- THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914-18: 1914: Outbreak of War. Birth of the AIF. The Pacific. The Navy at War, 1914-16. ANZAC in Egypt. The Dardanelles Plan
- Gallipoli, 1915: The ANZAC Landings. Summer Stalemate. 'Birdie'. The Breakout: August 1915. The Evacuation. Australians in Iraq.
- 1916: Deadlock: Deadlock at Sea: Jutland. Western Front: France and Flanders. Deadlock on Land: France. Trench Warfare. The Somme. Fromelles. Pozieres. Mouquet Farm. Pozieres: A Kind of Troy. Desert War, 1916: Egypt to Palestine. Victory at Romani. To Palestine
- 1917:War of Attrition: To Bapaume. Bullecourt. The Battle of Messines. The Third Battle of Ypres. Middle East, 1917. To Jerusalem. Diggers: 'Spearhead of the British Army'. General Sir John Monash
- 1918: Year of Crisis, Year of Victory: The German March Offensive. The Defence of Amiens. Hazebrouck. 'Second Villers-Bretonneux'. Monash Takes Command. Hamel. Desert Victory, 1918. The Collapse of Turkey. Western Front: Victory all the Way. The Battle of Amiens. Across the Somme. To the Hindenburg Line. War in the Air: Western Front. Australian Flying Corps, Western Front. Navy at War, 1916-18. Aftermath.
- BETWEEN THE WARS: The 1920s: Disarmament. The 1930s: The Drift to War.
- THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1939-45
- I: The Limits of Endurance, 1939-42: Outbreak of War, 1939. Raising a Second AIF. AIF and Militia. Field-Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey (1884-1951). Blitzkrieg in the West. Italy Enters the War. Air War: The Battle of Britain, 1940. The War at Sea. The German-Italian-Japanese Alliance. Mediterranean, 1940-41: Against the Odds. Desert Victory. Bardia. Taking Tobruk. To Benghazi. The Greek Gamble, 1941: Balkan Background. Tobruk: The Defence. Dominion Dissensions. Tobruk: the Siege Continues. The Battle of Crete, 1941. Iran and Iraq, 1941. Syria. 'Crusader': Tobruk Relieved. Air War: Middle East. Air War: Europe. The Navy at War: 'The Scrap Iron Flotilla'. HMAS Sydney Lost in Action. The Japanese Onslaught, 1941-42. Japan Decides on War. Singapore and Malaya: The Seeds of Defeat. Collapse in Malaya. Time of Crisis: Australia Looks to America'. The Fall of Singapore. The Islands Fall. Rabaul, New Britain. Ambon. Darwin. The Battle of Java. Anzac Area. MacArthur Arrives. Vice-Admiral Sir John Collins. The Battle of the Coral Sea. Victory at Midway. The Timor Triumph. The Coastwatchers. The Middle East and Mediterranean, 1942. Hitler's Europe: Zenith. The Battle of Alamein. Desert Victory. The Australian Saga. Pacific War: The Climax, 1942. The Solomons. New Guinea: The Epic of Kokoda. Retreat from Kokoda. Milne Bay. Kokoda Counter-attack. Clearing the Japanese: Gona and Buna
- II: Hard Road to Victory, 1943-45: The Battle for Wau. The Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Defending Darwin. Huon Gulf, 1943: Lae and Salamaua. Huon Gulf Landings: Finschhafen. 1944: Leap-frogging to Victory. Northern New Guinea. The Philippines: Battle of Leyte Gulf. The Homefront. P.O.W.: Prisoners of the Germans and Italians. P.O.W: Prisoners of the Japanese. 'Weary' Dunlop.
- Victory in Europe, 1943-45: The Weapon is Forged. 1943: Bombing Round the Clock. The Battle of the Atlantic. The Bomber War. The Mediterranean. North-West Europe: 'The Pathfinders'. Resistance: Nancy Wake. The Dam Busters. The Boys in Blue. Bomber Aircrew. Victory in Europe, 1944-45. The Airmen. Europe in Ruins. Australians in the Royal Navy. 'NZ Div': Tunisia to Trieste.
- The Pacific Victory, 1944-1945: Behind Japanese Lines: 'Z' Special Force and Commandos. From the Philippines to Okinawa. The Final Campaigns. Aboriginal Warriors. Bougainville. New Britain. New Guinea. Borneo. The Atomic Bomb. Surrender of Japan.
- UNCERTAIN PEACE: The Post-war World. The Cold War: First Crises. Fostering the American Alliance
- Korea, 1950s: Opening Moves. The Chinese Offensive. The Battle of Kapyong, 1951. Stalemate in Korea. The Korean Armistice, 1953.
- Malaya, 1950-53: The Far East Strategic Reserve, 1955. Confrontation with Indonesia. Australian Defences Grow.
- Vietnam, 1965-72: Escalation Begins, 1965. Australian Forces Committed. First Actions. Battle of Long Tan, 1966. The Tet Offensive, 1968. Withdrawal.
- Keeping the Peace: Australian Defence Force Born, 1976. The Cold War Ends. Islam and the West. The 'Near North'. Armed Forces today. World Crisis: Timor. World Crisis: September 2001.
- Acknowledgements
- Index.
- Notes:
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- First published as: ANZACS : Australians at war. Balgowlah, N.S.W. : Reed Books, 1991.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- South African War, 1899-1902 -- Australia
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Australia
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Australia
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
- Australia -- History, Military
- Australia -- Military relations -- Timor-Leste
- Australia -- Military relations -- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan -- Military relations -- Australia
- Timor-Leste -- Military relations -- Australia
- Other authors/contributors:
- Macdougall, Anthony, 1943-. ANZACS
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