| Description |
xiii, 786 pages, 44 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some colour), portraits, plates ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Australia in the war of 1939-1945. Series 3, Air ; v. 1 |
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Australia in the war of 1939-1945. Series 3, Air ; v. 1
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| Contents |
Formation of the Royal Australian Air Force -- Salmond to Ellington -- Demand versus capacity -- The Empire plan: doctrines and decisions -- The new command -- Sea lane protection and aircraft production -- The Malay barrier -- American preparations -- Degrees of readiness -- Japan's seven-point assault -- The price of hesitation -- "Hours not days" -- The barrier weakens -- Australia becomes a base -- Token resistance -- Malaya convoys: January 1942 -- Withdrawal from Singapore -- The fall of Rabaul -- Ambon and after -- On Sumatra -- Retreat from Burma -- Loss of Timor and Java -- Assault on New Guinea -- Command and supply -- The China-Burma-India theatre -- Coral Sea and Midway -- "No second front" -- Problems of command -- Kokoda and Milne Bay -- Advance to Buna -- Gona, Buna, Sanananda -- Wau and the Bismarck Sea -- Appendices: 1. Military aviation 1909-1914 -- 2. The Air Force List-1925 -- 3. R.A.A.F. in the Darwin Raids -- 4. Australian, British, American and Japanese aircraft -- 5. Abbreviations |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical footnotes |
| Notes |
Also available online. Address as at 20/11/2018 |
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Australia in the war of 1939-1945. Series 3, Air no:1 |
| Subject |
Australia. Royal Australian Air Force -- History.
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Australia. Royal Australian Air Force.
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Australia. Royal Australian Air Force -- History -- 20th century.
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Air forces -- Australia -- History.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Australian.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan.
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| Author |
Gillison, Douglas.
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Australian War Memorial, issuing body
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| LC no. |
63001157 |
| ISBN |
0642993661 (set) |
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