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Author Olson, Wesley, 1960-

Title Battalion into battle : the history of the 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion 1939-45 / Wes Olson
Published Hilton, W.A. : Wesley John Olson, 2011

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 W'PONDS  940.41294 Ols/Bib  AVAILABLE
Description x, 509 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm
Contents 1. A battalion is born -- 2. Baptism of fire - Bardia and Tobruk -- 3. Derna -- 4. Greece - a country worth fighting for -- 5. Brallos rearguard -- 6. Crete - 'The Isle of Doom' -- 7. The battle for Perivolia -- 8. Every man for himself -- 9. A new battalion -- 10. New Guinea -- 11. Wirui Mission -- 12. 710 -- 13. To the bitter end -- 14. The lost battalion -- Appendices
Summary The 2/11th Australian Infrantry Battalion was the first battalion to be raised in Western Australia for service with the Australian Imperial Force in the Second World War. The 2/11th Battalion took part in the Western Desert Campaign 1940-41 and was involved in the capture of the Italian strongholds of Bardia and Tobruk. The unit was then tasked with the capture of Derna aerodrome and town
Analysis Australian
World War II (Australia,Western Australia)
Notes Published in a limited edition of 1000 copies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 446-482) and index
Audience Tertiary/Undergraduate, General
Subject Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1939-1945). Infantry Battalion 2/11th. -- History
Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1939-1945). Infantry Battalion, 2/11th. -- History
Australia. Australian Army. Battalion, 2/11th. -- History
Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1940-1947). Infantry Battalion, 2/11th -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Australian.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia.
SUBJECT Western Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117437
LC no. 2012453980
ISBN 0646563637 (Trade Cloth)
9780646563633 (hbk.)