The Unit Guide – The Australian Army 1939 – 1945 by Graham R McKenzie-Smith – Book Review
This monumental reference work is a labour of love carried out by the author over 35 years.
This monumental reference work is a labour of love carried out by the author over 35 years.
Written posthumously about the life of Corporal Cameron Baird (1981-2013), this book aims to provide a snapshot of the Australian man behind his well-known heroics as a soldier.
In this, the second in a two-volume series, Cameron tells the story of Australian troops on the Western Front from May to November 1918.
HMAS Australia, and her sister ship Canberra, were County Class heavy cruisers (with 8-inch guns) built in England for the Royal Australian Navy.
This long book – 594 pages – deals with Australia’s war in Afghanistan from October 2001 to July 2012. During this time the author was attached to those forces and […]
There are numerous soldiers’ descendants who have recounted their fathers’ incarceration in Europe or Asia during the Second World War, but it is a rare experience to read the autobiography […]
When the Allies launched an offensive in the Amiens sector on 8 August 1918, the outcome was far from assured; but in the next 100 days, success begat success until […]
Concerns over black marketing and rationing played a central part in the everyday life of Australian consumers and – not least – the Commonwealth government’s war effort.