| Description |
xii, 314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Australian army history series |
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The Australian Army history series |
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Australian Army history series.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Authors' Note -- Introduction -- -- -- Part 1 The Desert War And Australia -- 1 A Little War': North Africa, 1942 -- 2 'Things Don'T Look Good': Crisis In The Desert -- 3 'Nine Div': The 9th Australian Division -- -- -- Part 2 The July Battle -- 4 'To Defeat The Enemy': Early July -- 5 'Come On, Australianos': 10 July -- 6 A Hot Spot': 11-16 July -- 7 'Vigorous Local Action': 17-22 July -- 8 'The Big Push': Late July -- -- -- Part 3 Between Battles -- 9 A Good Month': August -- 10 'To Reach The Suez Canal': Alam Halfa And Bulimba -- 11 'Born For This Battle': September-October -- -- -- -- Part 4 The October Battle -- 12 'Terrible Night': 23-25 October -- 13 Trig 29: 25-28 October -- 14 'Death And Blood': 28-30 October -- 15 Terrific Infantry Fighting': 30-31 October -- 16 The Saucer: 31 October-1 November -- 17 Victory In Egypt: November -- 18 Epilogue: 'The Desert Is Still Full Of Dead Men' Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Authors' Note -- Introduction -- -- -- Part 1 The Desert War And Australia -- 1 A Little War': North Africa, 1942 -- 2 'Things Don'T Look Good': Crisis In The Desert -- 3 'Nine Div': The 9th Australian Division -- -- -- Part 2 The July Battle -- 4 'To Defeat The Enemy': Early July -- 5 'Come On, Australianos': 10 July -- 6 A Hot Spot': 11-16 July -- 7 'Vigorous Local Action': 17-22 July -- 8 'The Big Push': Late July -- -- -- Part 3 Between Battles -- 9 A Good Month': August -- 10 'To Reach The Suez Canal': Alam Halfa And Bulimba -- 11 'Born For This Battle': September-October -- -- -- -- Part 4 The October Battle -- 12 'Terrible Night': 23-25 October -- 13 Trig 29: 25-28 October -- 14 'Death And Blood': 28-30 October -- 15 Terrific Infantry Fighting': 30-31 October -- 16 The Saucer: 31 October-1 November -- 17 Victory In Egypt: November -- 18 Epilogue: 'The Desert Is Still Full Of Dead Men' Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"Alamein: The Australian Story relates the role of the 9th Division in the crucial battles around El Alamein in 1942. Mark Johnston and Peter Stanley have drawn on letters, diaries, and other contemporary sources to create a narrative that deftly blends scholarship with action and atmosphere. The result is a vivid account of the desert war from the perspective of Australian soldiers." "The story of the extraordinarily modest men of the celebrated 9th Australian Division has never been adequately told. Their sacrifice and achievement deserve to be better known. The book also relates the sometimes uneasy relationship of Australia and Britain as allies, working together to defeat Rommel's Panzerarmee Afrika. Mark Johnston and Peter Stanley are among the first to consult German and hitherto secret British records, especially Ultra signals, thereby shedding new light on the story."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
World War 2 |
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Australian Army |
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Egypt |
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Military operations |
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Battle of El Alamein |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography pages 299-306 and index |
| Subject |
Australia. Australian Army. Division, 9th
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Australia. Australian Army. Royal Australian Engineers. Division, 9th
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Australia. Australian Army. Australian Division, 9th.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Australian.
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El Alamein (Egypt) -- Battle of, 1942
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North.
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El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Australia.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Military relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006409 -- Great Britain.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147
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Great Britain http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147 -- Military relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006409 -- Australia.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326
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| Author |
Stanley, Peter, 1956-
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| LC no. |
2002489749 |
| ISBN |
0195516303 : |
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