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Kokoda Spirit
  

Kokoda Spirit (Paperback)

By Lindsay, Patrick

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In 1942 a small band of young Australian soldiers overcame seemingly insurmountable odds to preserve Australia's freedom along the Kokoda Track. The Battle for the Kokoda Track is Australia's Alamo. Seventy years on, it is hard to imagine what those young men endured for freedom ...

ISBN 9781742703602
Published 3 February 2012 by Hardie Grant Books
Interest Age Young Adults
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Lost at Sea: Found at Fukushima

Lost at Sea: Found at Fukushima (Paperback)

By Millar, Andy

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On a calm, tropical afternoon in the South Atlantic Ocean in Aril 1942, a British tramp steamer, the SS Willesden, was shelled, torpedoed and sunk by a German raider, the KMS Thor. The Willesden was carrying 47 officers and crew, and a cargo of vital war supplies destined for Bri ...

ISBN 9781921941528
Published 15 February 2012 by Big Sky Publishing
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Bully Beef and Balderdash: Some Myths of the AIF Examined and Debunked

Bully Beef and Balderdash: Some Myths of the AIF Examined and Debunked (Hardback)

By Wilson, Graham

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The Australian Imperial Force, first raised in 1914 for overseas war service, became better known by its initials - the AIF . There was a distinct character to those who enlisted in the earliest months and who were destined to fight on Gallipoli. During the war the AIF took its ...

ISBN 9781921941566
Published 15 March 2012 by Big Sky Publishing
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Gallipoli: The Turkish Story
  

Gallipoli: The Turkish Story (Trade Paperback/Paperback, illustrated edition)

By Fewster, Kevin; Basarin, Vecihi; Basarin, Hatice

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This is the story of the Gallipoli campaign focussing on the Turkish perspective. It includes interviews with Turkish migrants to Australia and their children about their thoughts on Gallipoli and Australia.

ISBN 9781741140453
Published 1 April 2003 by Allen & Unwin
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The Gallipoli Letter: The Letter That Changed the Course of the Gallipoli Campaign
 

The Gallipoli Letter: The Letter That Changed the Course of the Gallipoli Campaign (Hardback)

By Murdoch, Sir Keith

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The vivid, charged and emotional letter that changed the course of the Gallipoli campaign.

ISBN 9781742373133
Published 1 April 2010 by Allen & Unwin
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War in the Pacific: From Pearl Harbour to Hiroshima
  

War in the Pacific: From Pearl Harbour to Hiroshima (Paperback)

By Overy, Richard

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Looks at the relentless war against Japan in the Pacific Islands which formed an integral part of the eventual Allied victory in World War II. This title tells the story of the heroic actions of the men who toiled on the islands which eventually resulted in victory for the Allies ...

ISBN 9781780971384
Release Date 7 June 2012 by CARLTON BOOKS LTD
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Tobruk 1941
 

Tobruk 1941 (Paperback)

By Wilmot, Chester

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With a distinctive mix of vigour and intelligence that made him a celebrated correspondent during and after the Second World War, Wilmot here tells the sotyr of the fighting in and around Tobruk from January to December 1941.

ISBN 9780143008521
Published 29 June 2009 by Penguin
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Blood Brothers
    

Blood Brothers (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Hopkins-Weise, Jeff

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This is a ground-breaking and sure to be controversial work that highlights, for the first time in detail, the story of how the New Zealand Land Wars of the 19th century were the true birthplace of an Australian and New Zealand military tradition that would become known as the AN ...

ISBN 9780143011187
Published 22 January 2009 by Penguin
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Gallipoli: The Fatal Shore
  

Gallipoli: The Fatal Shore (Paperback)

By Broadbent, Harvey; Foreword by Cosgrove, Peter

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This book seeks to convey the story of Gallipoli to Australians of all ages. On 25 April, 1915, Allied troops stormed the cliffs of Gallipoli. Twenty-eight thousand Australians were killed and wounded in the bloody, eight-month campaign. Gallipoli is now regarded as a defining ep ...

ISBN 9780143011330
Published 30 March 2009 by Penguin
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The Desert War: The North Africa Campaign 1940-43
 

The Desert War: The North Africa Campaign 1940-43 (Paperback)

By Moorehead, Alan

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Alan Moorehead was sent to cover the North Africa campaign in 1940 by the Daily Express and he followed its dramatic course all the way to 1943. The three books he subsequently wrote about his experiences - collected here as The Desert War - were acclaimed as classic accounts of ...

ISBN 9780143011972
Published 1 June 2009 by Penguin
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