Australian Soldiers In Asia Pacific In World War Ii
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Australian Soldiers In Asia Pacific In World War Ii
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Author : Lachlan Grant
language : en
Publisher: NewSouth
Release Date : 2014-11-01
Australian Soldiers In Asia Pacific In World War Ii written by Lachlan Grant and has been published by NewSouth this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-01 with History categories.
Half a million Australians encountered a new world when they entered Asia and the Pacific during World War II: different peoples, cultures, languages and religions chafing under the grip of colonial rule. Moving beyond the battlefield, this book tells the story of how mid-century experiences of troops in Asia-Pacific shaped how we feel about our nation’s place in the region and the world. Spanning the vast region from New Guinea to Southeast Asia and India, Lachlan Grant uncovers affecting tales of friendship, grief, spiritual awakening, rebellion, incarceration, sex and souvenir hunting. Focusing on the day-to-day interactions between soldiers on the ground and the people and cultures they encountered, this book paints a picture not only of individual lives transformed, but of dramatically shifting national perceptions, as the gaze of Australia turned from Britain to Asia.
Hidden Horrors
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Author : Toshiyuki Tanaka
language : en
Publisher: Westview Press
Release Date : 1996-06-13
Hidden Horrors written by Toshiyuki Tanaka and has been published by Westview Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-06-13 with History categories.
Documents previously hidden Japanese WWII atrocities, including cannibalism, the slaughter of prisoners of war, rape and enforced prostitution, biological warfare experiments, and the murder of noncombatants, based on previously classified documents. Explores the social, institutional, and psychological milieu of individual atrocities, and places Japanese behavior in the broader context of the dehumanization of men at war. Includes bandw photos. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Hidden Horrors
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Author : Yuki Tanaka
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-03-13
Hidden Horrors written by Yuki Tanaka and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-13 with Political Science categories.
This book documents for the first time previously hidden Japanese atrocities in World War II, including cannibalism; the slaughter and starvation of prisoners of war; the rape, enforced prostitution, and murder of noncombatants; and biological warfare experiments. The author describes how desperate Japanese soldiers consumed the flesh of their own comrades killed in fighting as well as that of Australians, Pakistanis, and Indians. Another chapter traces the fate of 65 shipwrecked Australian nurses and British soldiers who were shot or stabbed to death by Japanese soldiers. Thirty-two other nurses, who landed on another island, were captured and sent to Sumatra to become “comfort women ̳prostitutes for Japanese soldiers. Tanaka recounts how thousands of Australian and British POWs died in the infamous Sandakan camp in the Borneo jungle in 1945. Those who survived were forced to endure a tortuous 160-mile march on which anyone who dropped out of line was immediately shot. Only six escapees lived to tell the tale. Based on exhaustive research in previously closed archives, this book represents a landmark analysis of Japanese war crimes. The author explores individual atrocities in their broader social, psychological, and institutional milieu and places Japanese behavior during the war in the broader context of the dehumanization of men at war—without denying individual and national responsibility.
Fighting The Enemy
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Author : Mark Johnston
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2000-04-16
Fighting The Enemy written by Mark Johnston 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 2000-04-16 with History categories.
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.
Tower Of Skulls A History Of The Asia Pacific War July 1937 May 1942
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Author : Richard B. Frank
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2020-03-03
Tower Of Skulls A History Of The Asia Pacific War July 1937 May 1942 written by Richard B. Frank and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-03 with History categories.
“A sweeping epic.… Promises to do for the war in the Pacific what Rick Atkinson did for Europe.” —James M. Scott, author of Rampage In 1937, the swath of the globe east from India to the Pacific Ocean encompassed half the world’s population. Japan’s onslaught into China that year unleashed a tidal wave of events that fundamentally transformed this region and killed about twenty-five million people. This extraordinary World War II narrative vividly portrays the battles across this entire region and links those struggles on many levels with their profound twenty-first-century legacies. In this first volume of a trilogy, award-winning historian Richard B. Frank draws on rich archival research and recently discovered documentary evidence to tell an epic story that gave birth to the world we live in now.
Routledge Library Editions World War Ii In Asia
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Author : Timothy Hall
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-03-11
Routledge Library Editions World War Ii In Asia 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 2021-03-11 with History categories.
The 4 volumes in this set, originally published between 1980 and 1983, bring to light and focus on the conflict between Japan and Australia and Japan and the USA. Timothy Hall’s volumes, richly illustrated with black & white photographs, used highly contentious documents as their sources and give fascinating insights into a period of Australian history which is sometimes less than gloious. John J. Sbrega’s tour de force is not only one of the most extensive annotated bibliographies on the USA and Japan in World War 2 ever published, but it also provides invaluable information on lesser known but no less important aspects of the conflict.
World War Ii
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Author : Michael Andrews
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
World War Ii written by Michael Andrews and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Tropical Warfare In The Asia Pacific Region 1941 45
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Author : Kaushik Roy
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-10-25
Tropical Warfare In The Asia Pacific Region 1941 45 written by Kaushik Roy and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-25 with History categories.
This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the land war during the Second World War in South-East Asia and the South and South-West Pacific. The extensive existing literature focuses on particular armies – Japanese, British, American, Australian or Indian – and/or on particular theatres – the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Malaya or Burma. This book, on the contrary, argues that warfare in all the theatres was very similar, especially the difficulties of the undeveloped terrain, and that there was considerable interchange of ideas between the allied armies which enabled the spread of best practice among them. The book considers tactics, training, technology and logistics, assesses the changing state of the combat effectiveness of the different armies, and traces the course of the war from the Japanese Blitzkrieg of 1941, through the later stalemate, and the hard fought Allied fightback. Although the book concentrates on ground forces, due attention is also given to air forces and amphibious operations. One important argument put forward by the author is that the defeat of the Japanese was not inevitable and that it was brought about by chance and considerable tactical ingenuity on the part of US and British imperial forces.
The Japanese In War And Peace 1942 48
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Author : Ian Nish
language : en
Publisher: Global Oriental
Release Date : 2010-12-13
The Japanese In War And Peace 1942 48 written by Ian Nish and has been published by Global Oriental this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-13 with History categories.
Writers of materials included are generally from the lower rungs of society; they provide an insight into the attitudes of citizens who are often neglected in accounts of the Allied Occupation, providing scholars, researchers, etc. with a valuable new dimension to our understanding of this Occupation history and its impact on the Japanese nation.
Shifting Tides
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Author : Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-07
Shifting Tides written by Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07 with Australia categories.
This introduces students to significant campaigns in the Allies' war against Japan in Asia and the Pacific, as well as the effects on Australia. The content aligns with the Australian Curriculum and includes focus questions to help direct students' further study. The stories and events provide students with a glimpse into the experiences of those who served overseas, as well as those who remained on the home front.