Book Review – Dive! Australian Submariners at War by Mike Carlton
If you have read any of Mike Carlton’s other books on Australian Naval history then this review will be a very short and to the point.
Killer Bees the story of the Australian Independent Companies and Commandos 1942-1945 – Dr. Gregory Blake
In the heart of wartime jungles, ‘The Killer Bees’, Australia’s elite soldiers, redefined warfare, shaping history in unconventional ways.
How many unexploded WWII bombs lie near Darwin?
A story of an unexploded bomb from World War II always make national headlines, as was the case recently. But how many more are there out there?
Desert Diggers – David Mitchelhill-Green – Book Review
I enjoyed reading this book as the author has managed to achieve something which is very difficult, namely, to seamlessly combine brief excerpts from a large number of letters with […]
Battlefield Trekking Guide to Timor Leste – By Jim Truscott
World War Two, the Independence War and United Nations Operations.
The Sinking of HMAS Sydney: How sailors lived, fought and died in Australia’s greatest naval disaster – Book Review
Before the discovery of the wreckage of HMAS Sydney (II) was found off Carnarvon in WA in 2008 many books were written about the sinking of the RAN’s light cruiser.
The confused identity of the Japanese submarine aircraft that overflew Sydney
In mid-1942 Sydney Harbour was attacked by a midget submarine raid.
1943 – Australia and the Pacific War; The Tide Turns
The fourth year of World War 2 saw the German Army suffer its first major defeat at Stalingrad, and an Allied victory in North Africa enabled an invasion of Italy […]
