The Landing at ANZAC, 1915 challenges many of the cherished myths of the most celebrated battle in Australian and New Zealand history myths that have endured for almost a century. Told from both the ANZAC and Turkish perspectives, this meticulously researched account questions several of the claims of Charles Beans magisterial and much-quoted ...
Rwanda is no stranger to violence. In 1994, an orgy of killing swept across the tiny land-locked and genocide, the size and magnitude unseen since the Hitler horrors of WWII, erupted. Around one million men, women and children mercilessly shot, hacked to death of burnt alive.
When Imperial Japan unleashed the Pacific War, Australian forces went into action in Malaya and later on Singapore Island. This book covers the role of Australians in the Malaya campaigns, 1941-42.
The landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 represents a defining moment, not only for Australia and New Zealand, but also for Turkey. However a detailed account of the landing from the Turkish perspective has yet to be published in English despite the 100 years that has elapsed since the first ANZACs scrambled ashore. Descriptions of the Ottoman ...
When the Japanese war machine swept through South-East Asia in early 1942, it was inevitable that conflict would reach Australian territory on the island of New Guinea. The ultimate Japanese target was Port Moresby. Conquering the capital would sever communication between Australia and her American ally and allow Japanese air ...
With nearly two mounted divisions engaged against the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East for almost three years the Palestine Campaign was Australia's longest running militarily significant endeavour of the First World War after the Western Front. And yet apart from the battle of Beersheba, the Palestine Campaign receives little attention in Austral
Based on a detailed analysis of the battlefield, this book outlines how the victory at Wau was achieved and demonstrates how determined leadership can turn the tide of battle. Throughout most of 1942, the Australian Army fought a series of commando actions to keep the Japanese at bay in the Wau - Salamaua area of New Guinea. The Australian ...
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