| Description |
1 online resource (275 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Australian Army history series
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Australian Army history series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Provides an exploration of the experiences of soldiers who fought in the Middle East during World War II. |
| Contents |
Cover; ANZACS IN THE MIDDLE EAST: AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS, THEIR ALLIES AND THE LOCAL PEOPLE IN WORLD WAR II; OTHER TITLES IN THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY HISTORY SERIES; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PHOTOGRAPHS; MAPS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 TRAVELLING TO THE 'GREAT ADVENTURE'; CEYLON; INDIA; SOUTH AFRICA; GREAT BRITAIN; DURBAN; CHAPTER 2 À DIFFERENT WORLD': The Middle East; PREPARING FOR WAR: PALESTINE 1940-41; JEWS: NO BUSINESS, NO TALK?; GETTING TO KNOW GEORGE: PALESTINIAN ARABS; PALESTINIANS' VIEW AUSTRALIANS; AUSTRALIAN AND BRITISH TROOPS IN PALESTINE. |
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PREPARING FOR WARCHAPTER 3 T̀HEY'RE TROUBLESOME, YOU KNOW': The First Libyan campaign; ON THE EVE: EGYPT 1940; ÀN IMPERIAL OCCASION': THE FIRST LIBYAN CAMPAIGN; CAPTURING BARDIA; THE CAPTURE OF TOBRUK; TO DERNA AND BENGHAZI; T̀HEY'RE TROUBLESOME, YOU KNOW': AUSTRALIAN DISCIPLINE AND THE PEOPLE OF LIBYA; CHAPTER 4 F̀IGHTING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER': Greece; PRELUDE IN ALEXANDRIA; TO GREECE; CHAPTER 5 ÀUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA, YOU ARE GOOD': Crete; MALEME AND SUDA BAY; HERAKLION; RETIMO; CHAPTER 6 ÙNITY OF FEELING AND PURPOSE': The siege of Tobruk. |
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CHAPTER 7 T̀HEY TREAT US AS A DEPENDENT NATION': Syria and LebanonTHE CAMPAIGN; AFTER THE CAMPAIGN; CHAPTER 8 G̀YPPO LAND': Alexandria to Alamein; KIWIS; G̀OODBYE TO WOGS -- SAND ETC'; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Australia. Australian Army -- History.
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Australia. Australian Army. |
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History. |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Middle East.
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| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Johnston, Mark. Anzacs in the Middle East. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107030961 |
| ISBN |
9781107306905 (electronic book) |
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1107306906 (electronic book) |
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9781107314658 (electronic book) |
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1107314658 (electronic book) |
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9781139524339 (electronic book) |
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113952433X (electronic book) |
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9781107030961 (hardback) |
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110703096X (hardback) |
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9781107309104 |
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1107309107 |
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