1942 The Year The War Came To Australia
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1942 The Year The War Came To Australia
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Author : Peter Grose
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2021-11-30
1942 The Year The War Came To Australia written by Peter Grose and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-30 with History categories.
The story of the bombing of Darwin and the Japanese midget sub attack on Sydney Harbour in one volume from the bestselling author of An Awkward Truth and A Very Rude Awakening. 'Grose's compassionate, honest and vivid account deserves to be widely read.' Sun Herald on An Awkward Truth 'About as good as any yarn can get . . . a great retelling of a great story.' Sydney Morning Herald on A Very Rude Awakening Originally published as the best-selling An Awkward Truth and A Very Rude Awakening The bombing of Darwin by the Japanese on 19 February 1942 was the first wartime assault on Australian soil. The Japanese dropped more bombs on Darwin, killed more civilians in Darwin and sank more ships in Darwin than Pearl Harbor. Three months later, on 31 May 1942, three Japanese midget submarines crept into Sydney Harbour and caused an unforgettable night of mayhem, high farce, chaos and courage. The war was no longer confined to distant deserts and jungles. It had well and truly come to Australia. Absorbing, spirited and fast-paced, 1942: the year the war came to Australia tells the story of the under-armed and unprepared soldiers and civilians who faced their toughest test on home soil.
Australia 1942
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Author : Peter Dean
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013
Australia 1942 written by Peter Dean and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
This book explores the way in which Australia confronted the challenge of the shadow of war in 1942.
New Guinea 1942 44
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Author : Timothy Hall
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-06-05
New Guinea 1942 44 written by Timothy Hall and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-05 with History categories.
Drawing on material that had only just been released when this book was originally published in 1981, this book provides a graphic account of the war which, to all intents and purposes, was fought on Australian soil against Australian people – a war which came to the very door of Australia itself. When the Japanese landed at Rabaul on 23 January 1942 it was the start of one of the fiercest campaigns of the war. On that day, with only a handful of badly trained troops, led by inexperienced officers, Australia faced its most serious threat yet. It was to be a campaign with all the ingredients of great drama – cowardice and extraordinary courage, untrained men becoming brave, skilful fighters, torture and unimaginable brutality. On the infamous Kokoda trail, men died in their hundreds, as the Japanese advanced on Port Moresby. And when the Japanese retreated, the advancing Australian troops learnt just how brutal the fighting had been.
When The War Came
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-07
When The War Came written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07 with Papua New Guinea categories.
Personal stories of those who faced WWII in New Guinea, with the fall of Rabaul and the sinking of Monntevideo Matu
An Awkward Truth
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Author : Peter Grose
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia
Release Date : 2011
An Awkward Truth written by Peter Grose and has been published by Allen & Unwin Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The compelling and very human story of the first foreign assault on Australian soil since settlement?the attack on Darwin by the Japanese in February, 1942 The bombing of Darwin on February 19, 1942, is the battle Australia tries to forget. Although there was much to be proud of that day?courage, mateship, determination, and improvisation?the dark side of the story lingers: looting, desertion, and a calamitous failure of Australian leadership. The Japanese struck with the same carrier-borne force that devastated Pearl Harbor only ten weeks earlier. There was a difference: they dropped more bombs on Darwin, killed more civilians in Darwin, and sank more ships in Darwin than in Pearl Harbor. It remains the single deadliest event in Australian history. Yet the story has remained in the shadows. Absorbing, spirited, and fast-paced, An Awkward Truth is a compelling and revealing story of the day war first came to Australia, and of the underarmed and unprepared soldiers and civilians who faced their toughest test on home soil.
Raids On Australia
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Author : Pamela M. Oliver
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Raids On Australia written by Pamela M. Oliver and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Australia categories.
What did our service men and women truly die, fight for, and save Australia from in World War II? In 1942-1943, most Australians believed invasion was imminent, but that the heroism of Kokoda saved Australia from a Japanese occupation. We now know that Japan decided not to invade long before the raids on Sydney and the struggle in New Guinea. This book explains what other reasons Japan had, apart from military strategy, for making no attempt to invade Australia despite good opportunities in ninety-six successful bombing raids, and, what Japan's intentions were for Australia, if it had captured New Guinea.
Invading Australia
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Author : Peter Stanley
language : en
Publisher: e-penguin
Release Date : 2008-06-03
Invading Australia written by Peter Stanley and has been published by e-penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-03 with History categories.
1942 was a key year in Australia's history. As its people had so long feared, White Australia, an outpost of empire, seemed about to be invaded by the Japanese. In that one year, Darwin was bombed, submarines torpedoed ships in Sydney Harbour and Australian Militiamen died on the Kokoda Trail. Each year, more and more Australians celebrate Anzac Day and honour the lives of those who fought for their country. There is even a push to create a new public holiday, in remembrance and celebration of the 'Battle for Australia'. But was there ever really such a battle, and how close did Australia actually come to being invaded? Invading Australia provides a comprehensive, thorough and well-argued examination of these and other pertinent questions. Peter Stanley writes compellingly about Australian attitudes to Japan before, during and after World War II, and uses archival sources to discuss Japan's war plans early in 1942. He also shows that rather than a 'Battle for Australia' there was a worldwide fight for freedom and democracy that has allowed the West to enjoy great prosperity in the decades since 1945.
Darwin 1942
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Author : Timothy Hall
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-06-05
Darwin 1942 written by Timothy Hall and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-05 with History categories.
On 19 February 1942 the Japanese air force bombed Darwin. Whilst this fact is well known, very few people know exactly what happened. Timothy Hall was the first writer to be given acess to all the official reports of the time and as a result he has been able to reveal exactly what happened on that dreadful day – a day which Sir Paul Hasluck (17th Governor-General of Australia) later described as ‘a day of national shame’. The sequence of events in Darwin that day certainly did not reflect the military honour that the War Cabinet wanted people to believe. On the contrary, for what really happened was a combination of chaos, panic and, in many cases, cowardice on an unprecented scale.
When War Came To Australia
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Author : Lester Padman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
When War Came To Australia written by Lester Padman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Bombing, Aerial categories.
Shrouded Secrets
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Author : Richard Michael Connaughton
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books
Release Date : 1994
Shrouded Secrets written by Richard Michael Connaughton and has been published by Potomac Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
Written as a challenge to Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating's view of Australian military history - one which denigrated the sacrifices made by thousands of British servicemen.