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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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Main Author: Pratten, Garth 1973- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Port Melbourne Cambridge University Press 2009
Series:Australian army history series
Subjects:
Australia. > Australian Army > History > World War, 1939-1945
Australia. > Australian Army > Infantry
World war, 1939-1945 > Campaigns
Command of troops
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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