The Australian Army In World War Ii
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| Author | : Mark Johnston |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2002-07-18 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780521523233 |
At the Front Line draws on a plethora of letters, diaries and documents written by over 300 Australian soldiers in the field to present a picture of the hardships and triumphs of their wartime experience. Mark Johnston analyses the suffering of front-line soldiers caused not only by the opposing force, but also by the conditions imposed by their own army. The book details the physical and psychological pressures of life at the front and shows how soldiers survived or surrendered to unbearable environments, fear, boredom and the constant threat of impending death. The myths of mateship and equanimity are brought under scrutiny. Much hostility can be explained by competition between ranks and the perceived hostility of superiors. The author investigates the immense strain that led to many breakdowns and the characteristic forebearance that saw so many others through.
| Author | : Mark Johnston |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 151 |
| Release | : 2013-08-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1472805224 |
This book recounts the organization and deployment of one of the most important fighting armies of World War II. Australian divisions made a large and distinctive contribution to victory both in the deserts of the Middle East and the jungles of the South-West Pacific,earning for the second time a unique reputation for aggressiveness, endurance and independence of spirit. The text is illustrated with original wartime photos from all fronts; and with full colour plates showing a wide range of uniforms and gear, together with the complex and colourful Australian system of unit insignia.
| Author | : Mark Johnston |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 2000-04-16 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521782227 |
Fighting The Enemy, first published in 2000, is about men with the job of killing each other. Based on the wartime writings of hundreds of Australian front-line soldiers during World War II, this powerful and resonant book contains many moving descriptions of high emotion and drama. Soldiers' interactions with their enemies are central to war and their attitudes to their adversaries are crucial to the way wars are fought. Yet few books look in detail at how enemies interpret each other. This book is an unprecedented and thorough examination of the way Australian combat soldiers interacted with troops from the four powers engaged in World War II: Germany, Italy, Vichy France and Japan. Each opponent has themes peculiar to it: the Italians were much ridiculed; the Germans were the most respected of enemies; the Vichy French were regarded with ambivalence; while the Japanese were the subject of much hostility, intensified by the real threat of occupation.
| Author | : John Barrett |
| Publisher | : Penguin Group |
| Total Pages | : 488 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : |
Aborigines and army service - Australian women's Army - Burma-Thailand railway - Prisoners of war (POW's).
| Author | : Mark Johnston |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 66 |
| Release | : 2013-08-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1472805445 |
This book recounts the organization and deployment of one of the most important fighting armies of World War II. Australian divisions made a large and distinctive contribution to victory both in the deserts of the Middle East and the jungles of the South-West Pacific,earning for the second time a unique reputation for aggressiveness, endurance and independence of spirit. The text is illustrated with original wartime photos from all fronts; and with full colour plates showing a wide range of uniforms and gear, together with the complex and colourful Australian system of unit insignia.
| Author | : Garth Pratten |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 723 |
| Release | : 2009-04-27 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1107276322 |
In Australian Battalion Commanders in the Second World War, Garth Pratten explores, for the first time, the background, role and conduct of the commanding officers of Australian infantry battalions in World War II. Despite their vital role as the lynchpins of the battlefield, uniting the senior officers with the soldiers who fought, the battalion commanders have previously received scant attention in contemporary military history. This book redresses the balance, providing a gripping, meticulously researched and insightful account that charts the development of Australia's infantry commanding officers from part-time, ill-prepared, amateurs to seasoned veterans who, although still not professional soldiers, deserved the title of professional men of war. Drawing on extensive and original archival material, Pratten recreates battle scenes and brings to light many diverse personalities. It is a story of men confronting the timeless challenges of military leadership – mastering their own fear and discomfort - in order to motivate and inspire their troops to endure the maelstrom of war.
| Author | : Mark Johnston |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 110703096X |
Provides an exploration of the experiences of soldiers who fought in the Middle East during World War II.
| Author | : Australian Army Staff |
| Publisher | : Merriam Press |
| Total Pages | : 69 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 1576380777 |
| Author | : Margaret Geddes |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 536 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : |
Blood, Sweat and Tears brings together the first-hand accounts of more than seventy-five ordinary things during World War II. Prisoners of war, airmen, nurses, land girls, internees, schoolchildren, soldiers, sailors, and volunteers of every description share their memories of a time of horror, tragedy, love and excitement. Australians took part in every arena of the war, and these moving accounts include memories of the campaigns in Europe and Africa; the battles for the Kokoda Trail, New Guinea and the islands; the internment camps of South-East Asia; and the notorious Burma-Thailand Railway. Also included are stories from the men and women who kept things working and supported the war on the home front. This is a remarkable portrait of men, women and children at war.
| Author | : Samuel Milner |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2002-12 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781410203861 |
The strategic significance of the Papuan Campaign can be briefly stated. In addition to blunting the Japanese thrust toward Australia and the transpacific line of communications, it put General MacArthur's forces in a favorable position to take the offensive. But this little known campaign is significant for still another reason. It was the battle test of a large hitherto-inexperienced U.S. Army force and its commanders under the conditions which were to attend much of the ground fighting in the Pacific. Costly in casualties and suffering, it taught lessons that the Army had to learn if it was to cope with the Japanese under conditions of tropical warfare. Samuel Milner holds a graduate degree in history from the University of Alberta and has done further graduate work in political science at the University of Minnesota. During World War II, he served in Australia and New Guinea as a historian with the Air Transport Command, Army Air Forces. Upon completing Victory in Papua he left the Office of the Chief of Military History to become historian of the Air Weather Service, U.S. Air Force.
