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The Battle For Australia
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Author : Bob Wurth
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2013
The Battle For Australia written by Bob Wurth and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Australia categories.
In early 1942 Australia lay weak and unprepared as an unprecedented succession of victories saw the rampant Japanese Imperial Army and Navy sweep southwards. The Battle for Australia had begun. It was a battle that would be fought in Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Timor and Ambon, and across New Guinea and Papua, at Rabaul, Port Moresby, Kokoda, Milne Bay and Lae. It quickly spread to the skies over northern Australia and to the seas around and near Australia, including the Coral Sea. John Curtin was the new leader of Australia at this moment of greatest peril. As Curtin rallied the country to a stance of total war, his desperate calls for aid from both Britain - against the obstructiveness of Winston Churchill, who described the fight against Japan as the 'lesser war' - and the United States, produced consequences that would forever change the balance of Australia's strategic relationships. Yet Curtin was also a man mentally and physically on the brink of breakdown at this most crucial time. The Battle for Australia, researched in Australia, Britain and Japan, is a compelling and revealing narrative history of those dangerous days.
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.
The Battle For Australia
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Author : John Ifield
language : en
Publisher: Balboa Press
Release Date : 2014-10-27
The Battle For Australia written by John Ifield and has been published by Balboa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-27 with Fiction categories.
Born in the Middle East, Gregorian's desire for acceptance in Australia is thwarted by the old boys' network, epitomised by John Sinclair. Determined to succeed, Gregorian is bribed into undertaking a political career backed by a terrorist organisation. Australia is seen as a soft target for take-over by this organisastion. Initial acts of destabilisation occur in Sydney and Melbourne, leaving the authorities jittery. Finally, Parliament House is stormed; all Parliamentarians are taken hostage and imprisoned; they will be killed if any rescue is mounted. Gregorian becomes Prime Minister. The new government is able to control the south-east corner of the continent and becomes accepted through its nationalisation of the banks and the abolition of income tax. A rescue attempt led by John Sinclair fails and Sinclair's wife, formerly Gregorian's lover, is taken hostage. A second rescue attempt led by Sinclair is mounted under the direction of a foreign power but all the hostages are slaughtered.
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.
The Battle For Australia Series
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Author : BATTLE FOR AUSTRALIA SERIES.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1944
The Battle For Australia Series written by BATTLE FOR AUSTRALIA SERIES. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1944 with categories.
The Fight For Australia
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Author : Roland Perry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
The Fight For Australia written by Roland Perry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Australia categories.
The gripping story of our desperate fight for survival during WW2 and how it forced Australia to come of age as a nation.
The Battle Of Australia
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
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The Fight For Australia
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Author : Roland Perry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
The Fight For Australia written by Roland Perry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Australia categories.
In the dark days following the fall of Singapore in Februrary 1942, Australia faced its toughest battle yet. It was centrestage and under direct attack from seemingly invincible Japanese forces. Winston Churchill was demanding our best battle-hardened troops stay in North Africa while President Roosevelt called for them to fight the Japanese in Burma. But Prime Minister John Curtin insisted, in an act of defiance, that they return to defend their homeland.Australia had never been more isolated strategically, politically and physically. Or less prepared.In this masterful and gripping account, Roland Perry brings to life the bravery of our fellow Australians: from the forces engaged in brutal frontline fighting in the jungle, sea and air, to the backroom strategic campaigns waged by our politicians, and the sacrifices made on the home front.THE FIGHT FOR AUSTRALIA is the rich and revealing story of how we, as a nation, fought for our very survival and stood up for our interests, against friend and foe alike.
The Battle For Australia
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Author : Tim Gurry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002-02
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War In New Guinea
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Author : Australia. Department of Information
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1943
War In New Guinea written by Australia. Department of Information and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.