The Anzac Spirit: Australia's Military Legend by Michael AndrewsThis book tells the story of Australia’s long military history since the 1860s — in New Zealand, the Sudan, South Africa, World War I, World War II, Korea, Malaya, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. The Anzac Spirit defines Australia’s military past, present and future.
ISBN: 9780864272874
Publication Date: 2013
Australia's Pacific Neighbours by Elizabeth OnslowThis book tells the stories of Australia's Pacific neighbors from earliest times through the French, German, British and American colonial eras to, for some, independence and beyond.
World War II: The Australian Experience by Michael AndrewsThis book tells the story of how a nation was mobilized to defend the homeland, and how industrial production grew to supply the needs of war and support more than 600,000 personnel in the Army, RAN and RAAF.
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Second War War, 1939-45By Australian War Memorial.
Almost a million Australians, both men and women, served in the Second World War. They fought in campaigns against Germany and Italy in Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa, as well as against Japan in south-east Asia and other parts of the Pacific. The Australian mainland came under direct attack for the first time, as Japanese aircraft bombed towns in north-west Australia and Japanese midget submarines attacked Sydney harbour....
By History.com.
The instability created in Europe by the First World War (1914-18) set the stage for another international conflict–World War II–which broke out two decades later and would prove even more devastating.
World War II 1939 to 1945By Australian Government Department of Veterans’ Affairs ANZAC Portal.
Sharing Australia's military and service history through the experiences of our veterans.
This document is a reference point for a possible start of research into the Kokoda campaign. These resources are compiled from websites, journal articles and books most of which are part of the RRC collection.