Taking the Lead The Royal Australian Air Force 1972 – 1996 by Mark Lax Newport – Book Review
This is the third volume in a series of official histories of the RAAF.
This is the third volume in a series of official histories of the RAAF.
The Battle of the Bismarck Sea was fought on 2-4 March 1943 largely in the Bismarck Sea and the Vitiaz Strait (between New Britain and New Guinea).
In early December 1915, 85,000 men, 5000 animals, 200 guns, and multiple stores and ammunition crowded Anzac Cove and Suvla Bay in Gallipoli to start the phased evacuation, and by […]
The science of gunnery made great advances in the First World War, moving from firing directly over open sights to predicted fire that took into account a host of factors […]
Tom Lewis has painstakingly documented three outstanding acts of heroism by members of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the Second World War.
Unit histories are usually written mainly for members of the unit and their descendants: only a few have lasting historical value.
In the period leading up to Australia’s involvement in Vietnam, the Citizen Military Forces (CMF) [today’s Army Reserve] in Australia was a reasonably strong and viable force, with a mixture […]
At a remote airstrip in Milne Bay stands a simple monument with an inscription: “This marks the westernmost point of the Japanese advance, Aug – Sep 42. 85 unknown marines […]