| Description |
xvi, 479 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps (some color), portraits ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The Greek campaign -- Greece, the second Gallipoli? -- Australian and the Greek campaign: trickery and deception -- Spies, treachery and the Greek-Australian military alliance -- The Australian campaign on the Greek mainland -- pt. 2. Australian soldiers in Greece -- Sheilas, nightclubs and boozing -- Relationships between the 'greyhounds of Greece' and their Greek allies -- pt. 3. The Crete campaign -- The battle of Crete and why it was lost -- The Australian battle at Rethymnon -- The Cretans and the arrival of the Australians -- Australian indiscipline and larrikanism on Crete -- pt. 4. Behind the lines -- Evaders and escapers -- Escape from Greece -- On the run in Crete |
| Summary |
Little is known about the real reasons that Australia committed troops to Greece. Australian historians have, for too long, neglected the Greek and Crete campaigns and what has been written, until now, has ignored the Greek side of the story |
| Analysis |
Anecdotes |
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Armies |
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Australian Army |
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Battle of Crete |
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Greece |
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History, 1901-1945 |
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Interpersonal relations |
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Military history (Australia) |
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Military operations |
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New Zealand |
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World War 2 |
| Notes |
Maps on end papers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [452]-468) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Australia. Australian Army -- Foreign service -- Greece.
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Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd (1939-1946)
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Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force
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Australia. Australian Army. Battalion, 2/6th. -- History
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Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1940-1947)
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Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1940-1947) -- History.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Greece -- Crete.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Greece.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Australian.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Australia.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Campaigns -- Greece -- Crete.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Campaigns -- Greece.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Greece.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Military relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006409 -- Greece.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80046090
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Greece http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80046090 -- Military relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006409 -- Australia.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326
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| LC no. |
2010398893 |
| ISBN |
9781742230146 (hbk.) |
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