Royal Australian Navy, 1942-1945
Author: George Hermon Gill
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 824
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Royal Australian Navy, 1939-1942
Author: G. Hermon Gill
Publisher: Canberra : Australian War Memorial
Published: 1957
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY 1942-1945 Volume 2
Author: G Herman Gill
Publisher: Naval & Military Press
Published: 2022-04-20
Total Pages: 820
ISBN-13: 9781474536424
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis second volume tells the story of Australian Navy from March 1942 until the end of the war, chronicling the activities of the ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy alongside those of their British and American Allies.
Australia 1942
Author: Peter Dean
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 110703227X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the way in which Australia confronted the challenge of the shadow of war in 1942.
Australian Submarines Vol 2
Author: Michael White
Publisher: Australian Teachers of Media
Published: 2015-11-01
Total Pages: 1000
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book commences with a discussion of the policy issues as to whether Australia needed submarines and then the decision to buy AE1 and AE2. It then goes through their coming to Australia, the tragic loss of AE1 in New Guinea on 14 September 1914 and the bravery and daring of the AE2 crew in penetrating the Dardanelles on Anzac Day in 1915. The history then goes on to deal with the J-Class submarines that came to Australia in 1919, the first Oxley and Otway (which went to the RN in the Depression in 1931), and the fact that in World War Two, Australia had no submarines except for the Dutch K IX whose career ended with a battery explosion in 1944. Then the period of the RN Fourth Submarine Squadron based in Sydney is dealt with, including some of the happy memories of those who served in it. The book sets out the story of the new RAN submarine arm from 1963. When Oxley (S 57) arrived in Neutral Bay, Sydney, in 1967, so began the new Australian era of submarines. The basic dates of the O Boats are outlined, along with the building and basic dates of the Collins class. The book deals with some of the issues about the intelligence patrols, about the Future Submarine and also records the numerous plaques, services, memorials and museums in Australia and overseas dedicated to Australian submarines and Australian and NZ submariners. There is a detailed chapter on special submarine craft such as the X-Craft in which some of the submarine heroes like Max Sheean, Henty Henty-Creer and Ken Briggs served, and in some cases died. The appendices to this book are numerous and detailed by a strong team from around the world, including Garry Mellon, Barrie Downer and Pat Heffernan. Numerous photographs have been collected and included in the book to fit in with the text from Darren Brown and others. The appendices also list all Australian submariners who have qualified and served up until mid-2014, including those who have died.
German Naval Camouflage
Author: John Asmussen
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Published: 2015-04-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781591141990
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published: Barnsley: Seaforth Pub., 2012.
Big Gun Battles
Author: Robert C Stern
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Published: 2015-01-30
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1848321538
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe outcome of much of the maritime warfare in the Second World War was decided by the torpedo or the aerial bomb, making relatively recent warship types, the submarine and aircraft carrier, the new arbiters naval conflict. Yet despite this, there was a surprising number of traditional ship-to-ship engagements involving the big guns of battleships and cruisers. This book recounts some of the most important, technically interesting, or obscure of these gunfire duels in a narrative that combines pacy storytelling with an in-depth understanding of the factors influencing victory or defeat.??Covering all theatres of the naval war from 1939 until the Japanese surrender, the incidents are selected to demonstrate the changing face of surface warfare under the influence of rapidly improving fire-control systems, radar and other sensors. By 1945 this allowed big ships to open fire at great ranges with a high probability of hitting with the first salvo. This success was the pinnacle of gunnery excellence, but also heralded the end of naval gunnery as a major factor in sea warfare _ facing such deadly accuracy, navies looked to longer-ranged, and smarter, ship-killing weapons like surface-skimming missiles and homing torpedoes.
Darwin 1942
Author: Bob Alford
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2017-02-23
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 1472816897
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollowing the devastating raids on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, lightning advances by Japanese forces throughout the Pacific and the Far East, and a desperate battle by the Allied command in the Dutch East Indies, it became evident that an attack on Australia was more a matter of 'when' and not 'if'. On 19 February, just eleven weeks after the attacks on Pearl Harbor and two weeks after the fall of Singapore, the same Japanese battle group that had attacked Hawaii was ordered to attack the ill-prepared and under-defended Australian port of Darwin. Publishing 75 years after this little-known yet devastating attack, this fully illustrated study details what happened on that dramatic day in 1942 with the help of contemporary photographs, maps, and profiles of the commanders and machines involved in the assault.
The Dutch Naval Air Force Against Japan
Author: Tom Womack
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2023-10-04
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 147667888X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollowing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Dutch Naval Air Force--or Marine Luchtvaart Dienst (MLD)--played a significant but largely overlooked role in the opening months of the Pacific War. With 175 aircraft, the MLD greatly outnumbered the combined forces of its American and British allies. In three months of intense combat, the MLD lost 50 percent of its personnel and 80 percent of its aircraft, as the Netherlands' colonial empire was stripped away. This book details MLD operations during the Japanese invasion of Dutch East Indies, giving a comprehensive overview of organization, personnel, aircraft, equipment and tactics. For the first time in English, the failed evacuation of Java is examined.
To Salamaua
Author: Phillip Bradley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-07-29
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 1107276330
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollowing on from his acclaimed book, The Battle for Wau, Phillip Bradley turns his attention to the Salamaua campaign - the first of the New Guinea offensives by the Australian Army in the Second World War. Opening with the pivotal air-sea battle of the Bismarck Sea, this important title recounts the fierce land campaign that was fought for the ridges that guarded the Japanese base at Salamaua. From Mount Tambu to Old Vickers and across the Francisco River, the Australians and their American allies fought a desperate struggle to keep the Imperial Japanese Army diverted from the strategic prize of Lae. To Salamaua covers the entire campaign in one volume for the first time. From the strategic background of the campaign and the heated conflicts, to the mud and blood of the front lines, this is the extraordinary story.
