The Royal Australian Navy And Macarthur
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The Royal Australian Navy And Macarthur
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Author : Ian Pfennigwerth
language : en
Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing
Release Date : 2009
The Royal Australian Navy And Macarthur written by Ian Pfennigwerth and has been published by Rosenberg Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
By 1945, MacArthur's forces had advanced from Papua to the Philippines and to Borneo. The majority of the troops, supplies, and equipment for this campaign were transported by sea, and MacArthur's success was based on 22 amphibious assaults. By 1945, MacArthur's forces had advanced from Papua to the Philippines and to Borneo. The majority of the troops, supplies, and equipment for this campaign were transported by sea, and MacArthur's success was based on 22 amphibious assaults. Soldiers and Marines did the ground fighting and MacArthur's air forces eventually ruled the skies, but it was the ships of the United States and Australian navies that delivered them to the battlefronts and supported them. This book reveals much of the RAN's war little reported upon. Tiny by comparison with the USN, the RAN more than compensated by commanding all the hydrographic surveying for MacArthur's shipping and amphibious assaults, and shouldered the major responsibility for protecting MacArthur's convoys. The RAN bombarded enemy positions, drove off Japanese reinforcements and harassed enemy coastal shipping. RAN Coast Watchers collected crucial intelligence; Beach Commandos directed men and material across assault beaches, often delivered by RAN landing ships. RAN ships shuttled troops and equipment, rescued downed airmen and swept enemy mines. Australian sailors fought and sometimes died in battles against kamikaze aircraft in the Philippines and in routing the Japanese Fleet at Surigao. Wherever MacArthur's troops fought, the RAN was there. When the fighting stopped the RAN facilitated the surrender of Japanese forces and finally brought our troops home.
Royal Australian Navy And Macarthur
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Author : IAN. PFENNIGWERTH
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Royal Australian Navy And Macarthur written by IAN. PFENNIGWERTH and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
Mutiny
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Author : Tom Frame
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2001-02-01
Mutiny written by Tom Frame and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-01 with History categories.
Despite our enduring fascination with Bligh, Christian and the Bounty, few Australians or New Zealanders are aware of the naval mutinies within their national histories. Since 1916 there have been more mutinies in the Royal Australian Navy than in any other navy maintained by an English-speaking nation. New Zealand's navy, by contrast, has suffered only one mutiny, although it was one of the largest to occur in recent naval history. Mutiny! is the first comprehensive study of naval insurrections in these two countries. Drawing on original records, private correspondence, newspaper reports and interviews with men accused of mutiny, it examines when and why such outbreaks occur. By analysing a succession of mutinies it reveals the exceptional conditions that provoked highly disciplined men to challenge authority in such drastic ways. We discover what the men gained and lost by their actions, how the navies dealt with these threats to their internal order, and the controversies created by their resolution. Mutiny! depicts the suffering and torments in body, mind and spirit of men placed in extreme conditions in times of war and peace.
The Royal Australian Navy In World War Ii
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Author : David Stevens
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2005
The Royal Australian Navy In World War Ii written by David Stevens and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
The definitive account of the part the Royal Australian Navy played in the Second World War.
Flagship
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Author : Mike Carlton
language : en
Publisher: Random House Australia
Release Date : 2018-08
Flagship written by Mike Carlton and has been published by Random House Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08 with History categories.
In 1924, when the grand old battle cruiser HMAS Australia I, once the pride of the nation, was sunk off Sydney Heads, there was a day of national mourning. In 1928, the RAN acquired a new ship of the same name, the fast, heavy cruiser HMAS Australia II, and she finally saw action when World War II began, patrolling the North Atlantic on the lookout for German battleships. By March 1942, Australia had returned home, where the ship was stunned by a murder. One night one of her sailors, Stoker Riley, was found stabbed. Before he died, he named his two attackers, and the two men were found guilty and sentenced to death under British Admiralty law. Only weeks later Australia fought in the Battle of the Coral Sea near Papua New Guinea, the first sea battle to stop the Japanese advance in the Pacific. She was heavily attacked and bombed from the air but, with brilliant ship-handling, escaped unscathed. In 1944, she took part in the greatest sea fight of all time, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, which returned General Douglas MacArthur to the Philippines. She was struck by a kamikaze bomber, killing her captain and 28 other men. The next year, she was hit by four kamikaze planes on four successive days. She was attacked by more kamikaze aircraft than any other Allied ship in the war, and in the end this finished her war. She retired gracefully, laden with battle honors, and was scrapped in 1956--the last of her name, for the navy no longer uses Australia for its ships.
The Royal Australian Navy
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Author : David Stevens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Royal Australian Navy written by David Stevens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Australia categories.
No Pleasure Cruise
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Author : T. R. Frame
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2004-07
No Pleasure Cruise written by T. R. Frame and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07 with History categories.
In 1901 Australia's fledgling Federal Government assumed the responsibility for the new nation's defence. Their first task was to take the aged and obsolete remnants of the colonies' navies and create a national navy to defend our island's coastal waters and overseas trade routes. For the first 40 years the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) was designed to serve alongside the Royal Navy, and resembled it in everything but scale. After the Second World War the RAN developed along US lines but, despite these overseas ties, the RAN has developed its own proud character and tradition and has entered the twenty-first century as a confident and independent force in its own right. In No Pleasure Cruise, Australia's best-known naval historian, Dr Tom Frame, charts the RAN's emergence as one of the world's strongest and most respected navies, and its evolving relationship with the Australian public, press and parliament.
The Royal Australian Navy
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Author : George Odgers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
The Royal Australian Navy written by George Odgers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Australia categories.
The Royal Australian Navy
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Author : Australia. Royal Australian Navy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 199?
The Royal Australian Navy written by Australia. Royal Australian Navy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 199? with Sea-power categories.
Of Nautilus And Eagles
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Author : Peter C. Firkins
language : en
Publisher: Hutchinson
Release Date : 1983
Of Nautilus And Eagles written by Peter C. Firkins and has been published by Hutchinson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.