Australian battalion commanders in the Second World War
Australian Battalion Commanders in the Second World War explores, for the first time, the background, role and conduct of the commanding officers of Australian infantry battalions in World War II, who, despite their vital role as the lynchpins of the battlefield, have previously received scant atten...
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Port Melbourne
Cambridge University Press
2009
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| Series: | Australian army history series
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| 505 | 0 | |a 1. 'Completely untrained for war': battalion command in the pre-war army -- 2. The foundations of battalion command: forming the 2nd AIF, 1939-1940 -- 3. 'We were learning then': the AIF's Mediterranean campaigns, 1941 -- 4. Desert epilogue: El Alamein, 1942 -- 5. Victims of circumstance: battalion command in the 8th Division -- 6. 'No place for half-hearted measures': Australia and Papua, 1940-1942 -- 7. 'There is no mystery in jungle fighting': the new guinea offensives -- 8. 'Experienced, toughened, competent': 1945. | |
| 520 | |a Australian Battalion Commanders in the Second World War explores, for the first time, the background, role and conduct of the commanding officers of Australian infantry battalions in World War II, who, despite their vital role as the lynchpins of the battlefield, have previously received scant attention in contemporary military history. | ||
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