| Description |
ix, 431 pages : illustrations maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1 HMAS Sydney -- 2 The search -- 3 An open wound -- 4 The tonnage war -- 5 The interception -- 6 The action -- 7 Possible & probable causes -- 8 With all hands -- 9 An honourable death -- Appendixes -- 1 Roll of Honour -- 2 German Admiralty account -- of the sinking of HMAS Sydney -- 3 Destined to die? -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
What did happen just off the Western Australian coast on 19 November, 1941? Certainly a tragedy: 600 men were killed when the HMAS Sydney was torpedoed by a German cruiser; but why? Olsen sets out to answer these questions, and in doing so, pulls apart the accepted theories about the causes of Australia's greatest maritime disaster |
| Analysis |
Cruisers |
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Federal issue |
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History, 1901-1945 |
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Naval warfare |
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Royal Australian Navy |
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Sydney (Cruiser) |
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War casualties |
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World War 2 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-422) and indexes |
| Subject |
Sydney (Cruiser : 1934-1941)
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Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History.
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Sydney (Cruiser : 1934-1941)
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Sydney (Cruiser)
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Cruisers (Warships) -- Australia -- History.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Australian
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| LC no. |
2001326189 |
| ISBN |
1876268492 |
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