ISBN10: 0002174898, ISBN13: 9780002174893, [publisher: Collins / Australian War Memorial] Hardcover This is an ex-library copy. Covers & Spine: both front and back boards are undamaged with only light wear along the edges and at corners, spine is solid with minor bumping at ends. Binding: firm throughout, both hinges strong. Pages & Markings: unstained, usual library stickers & stamps, borrower's slip & pocket in back. Dust Jacket: intact with only light scuffing on surface and along edges, no significant tears or tape repairs, a strip of wear inside across spine (not apparent from the outside). PLEASE NOTE: Due to this item weighing more than 1 kg with packaging, postage cost for international orders (i.e. not Australian) may be more than what is shown here. Please email me if you would like a quote. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.
[Gilberton, SA, Australia] [Publication Year: 1986]
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ISBN10: 0002174898, ISBN13: 9780002174893, [publisher: Australian War Memorial] Softcover This second volume of the army series of the official history of Australia in the war of 1939-1945 describes the campaigns in Greece, Crete and Syria in 1941. In Greece the main British force in the field was the Anzac Corps, commanded by Sir Thomas Blamey and including the 6th Australian Division, the New Zealand Division, and a British brigade. A number of Australian units took part in the fight for Crete in May 1941. The 7th Australian Division and some units of the 6th fought in Syria as part of the I Australian Corps commanded by General Lavarack. Examination of German and French documents has made it possible now to tell what was happening on "the other side of the hill" in these operations. It is now possible to examine the decision to send all available forces to the aid of Greece and the decision to invade VichyFrench Syria with full knowledge of the plans and deployment of the enemy forces. These campaings raised new problems of wartime cooperation and consultation between the British Government and the Australian Government, and in this period Australian Ministers and Australian commanders were required to take greater strategical and tactical responisbilities than at any earlier time.
[Athens, Greece] [Publication Year: 1986]