AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-1945: ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY 1939-1942 Volume 1
This volume tells the story of Australian Navy policy between the wars, and records the part played by the ships and men of that Navy on every ocean – and particularly in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Pacific Oceans – from 1939 until the end of the first quarter of 1942.
Description
Official histories are “official” in the sense they are commissioned by government as the national record of involvement in particular conflicts. The official historians are granted unrestricted access to closed period and security classified government records. The Australian official war histories contain the authors’ own interpretations and judgements and do not follow any official or government line.
The works are the first published official record of involvement in war. They are a detailed, chronological record of all services and theatres of conflict. They comprise an invaluable resource for researchers at all levels, from the scholar to the general reader.
• Contents, Illustrations, Maps, Preface, and Chronology (pages i – xviii )
• Chapter 1 – Between the Wars (pages 1 – 44 )
• Chapter 2 – The Eve of War (pages 45 – 64 )
• Chapter 3 – Australia Station to June 1940 (pages 65 – 129 )
• Chapter 4 – RAN Ships Overseas to June 1940 (pages 130 – 141 )
• Chapter 5 – RAN Ships Overseas June–December 1940 (pages 142 – 246 )
• Chapter 6 – Australia Station and the Far East, June–December 1940 (pages 247 – 284 )
• Chapter 7 – Western Desert Campaign (pages 285 – 298 )
• Chapter 8 – Greece (pages 299 – 335 )
• Chapter 9 – Crete (pages 336 – 362 )
• Chapter 10 – The Middle East (pages 363 – 389 )
• Chapter 11 – Mediterranean to End of 1941 (pages 390 – 409 )
• Chapter 12 – Australia Station 1941 (pages 410 – 463 )
• Chapter 13 – War in the Far East (pages 464 – 483 )
• Chapter 14 – South–West Pacific Area (pages 484 – 512 )
• Chapter 15 – Abda and Anzac (pages 513 – 572 )
• Chaper 16 – Defeat in Abda (pages 573 – 624 )
• Chapter 17 – Prelude to Victory (pages 625 – 649 )
• Appendix 1 – List of Ships in the RAN in 1920 (pages 650 – 650 )
• Appendix 2 – Flag Officers commanding Australian Squadron from 1919 to 1945 (pages 651 – 652 )
• Appendix 3 – Abbreviations (pages 653 – 654 )
The second volume tells the story of the Australian Navy in the last three and a half years of the war.
Additional information
| Author/Editor | G. Hermon Gill |
|---|---|
| Product Code | 30223 |
| Delivery | This item is usually dispatched Next Day |
| Format | 2022 N & M Press reprint (original pub 1957). xviii + 686 pp . + 41 Maps (some in colour). Illustrated throughout. |
| ISBN | 9781474535854 |
