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AUSTRALIA, WWII

A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources

CONTENTS General Sources.....p.1 Home Front.....p.3 Overseas Service -Pacific.....p.4 -Europe…..p.6 -Mediterranean.....p.6 Specific Units...... p.6 Miscellaneous...... p.8

GENERAL SOURCES

The at War: An Official Record of Service in Two Hemispheres, 1939-1944. London: HMSO, 1944. 72 p. D767.8.A5.

Barter, Margaret. Far above Battle: The Experience and Memory of Australian Soldiers in War 1939- 1945. St Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1994. 315 p. D767.813.B37.

Burns, Paul. The Brisbane Line Controversy: Political Opportunism Versus National Security, 1942-45. St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1998. 254 p. D767.8.B87.

Charlton, Peter. The Thirty-Niners. NY: Macmillan, 1981. 279 p. D767.8.C43.

Day, David. The Great Betrayal: Britain, Australia & The Onset of the , 1939-42. NY: Norton, 1989. 388 p. D748.D38.

Gillison, Douglas. Royal Australian Air Force. Canberra: War Memorial, 1962. 786 p. D792.A8.G5.

Hole, Tahu. Anzacs Into Battle. London: Hodde & Stroughton, 1942. 471 p. D767.8.H6.

Horner, David M. The Battles That Shaped Australia: The Australian’s Anniversary Essays. St. Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1994. 293 p. D767.8.B38.

_____. High Command: Australia and Allied Strategy, 1939-1945. Canberra: War Memorial, 1982. 556 p. D767.8.H654. Australia, WWII p.2

Johnston, George H. Australia at War. London: Angus & Robertson, 1942. 265 p. D767.8.J6.

Johnston, Mark. The Australian Army in World War II. Oxford: Osprey, 2007. 64 p. D767.8.J643.

_____. Fighting the Enemy: Australian Soldiers and Their Adversaries in World War II. Cambridge, England: Cambridge, 2000. 206 p. E767.8.J642.

Khaki and Green: With the Australian Army at Home and Overseas. Canberra: War Memorial, 1943. 204 p. D767.8.A5.

Laffin, John. Anzacs at War: The Story of Australian and New Zealand Battles. NY: Abelard- Schuman, 1965. 223 p. DU112.3.L3.

Long, Gavin. The Final Campaign. Canberra: War Memorial, 1963. 667 p. D767.8.L6.

_____. The Real Australian Soldier. NY: Australian News & Info Bureau, 1943. 17 p. D767.8.L66. Reprinted from Jun 1943 Infantry Journal.

_____. The Six Years War: A Concise History of Australia in the 1939-45 War. Canberra: War Memorial, 1973. 518 p. D767.8.L662.

_____. To Benghazi. Canberra: War Memorial, 1952. 336 p. D766.93.L6.

Mascord, Ramon. The 2nd A.I.F. Abroad: Digger Humour. Sydney: F. Johnson, 1943. 40 p. D767.8.M37.

RAAF. History Conference. The Home Front: Mainland Australia and the Southwest Pacific Area 1939-1945: The Proceedings of the 1995 RAAF History Conference Held in Canberra on 27 October 1995. [Edited by John Mordike] Canberra, Australia: RAAF Air Power Studies Centre, 1996. 137 p. UG635.A8.R32.

Reed, John J. “American Diplomatic Relations with Australia during the Second World War.” PhD dss, Southern CA, 1969. 352 p. D753.R44.

Robertson, John. Australia at War,1939-1945. North Pomfret, VT: David & Charles, 1981. 269 p. D767.8.R62.

_____. Australian War Strategy, 1939-1945: A Documentary History. NY: U Queensland, 1985. 464 p. D767.8.R64.

Soldering On: The Australian Army at Home and Overseas. Canberra: War Memorial, 1942. 200 p. D767.8.A5.

Stand Easy. Canberra: War Memorial, 1945. 200 p. D767.8.A5.

Stanley, Peter. Tarakan: An Australian Tragedy. St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 1997. 274 p. D767.8.S73. Australia, WWII p.3

Storrier, Shirley. The Crisis of World War II. Melbourne: Cheshire, 1968. 41 p. D754.A8.S7.

Wahlert, Glenn, editor. Australian Army Amphibious Operations in the South-West Pacific, 1942-45: Edited papers of the Australian Army History Conference held at the Australian War Memorial, 15 November 1994. Sydney, Australia: Army Doctrine Center and the assistance of DARA, 1995. 218 p. D767.8.A975.

HOME FRONT

Alcorta, F.X. Australia’s Frontline: The Northern Territory’s War. North Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1991. 120 p. D767.82.N67.A42.

Botlin, S.J., & Schedvin, C.B. War Economy, 1942-45. Canberra: War Memorial, 1977. 817 p. D7678.B8v2.

Butlin, Sydney J. War Economy. 2 vols. Canberra: War Memorial, 1955-77. D767.8.B8.

Connaughton, R.M. Shrouded Secrets: Japan’s War on Mainland Australia, 1942-1944. NY: Macmillan, 1994. 149 p. D767.8.C66.

Feldt, Eric A. The Coast Watchers. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979 reprint of 1946 edition. 240 p. D810.S7.F44.

Hasluck, Paul. The Government and the People. 2 vols. Canberra: War Memorial, 1952. D767.8.H3.

Hilvert, John. Blue Pencil Warriors: Censorship and Propaganda in World War II. St. Lucia: U Queensland, 1984. 258 p. D810.P7.A84.

Horner, David. "Defending Australia in 1942." War & Society (May 1993): pp. 1-20. Per.

Lockwood, Douglas. Australia’s Pearl Harbor: Darwin, 1942. Melbourne: Cassell, 1966. 232 p. D767.82.D3.L6.

McKernan, Michael. All In!: Australia During the Second World War. Melbourne: Nelson, 1983. 286 p. D767.8.M34.

McQuade White, E(lizabeth). Reminiscences of an Australian Army Nurse. Brisbane: Boolarong, 1992. 56 p. D807.A8.M36.

Mellor, David P. The Role of Science and Industry. Canberra: War Memorial, 1950. 738 p. D767.8.M4.

Meo, Lucy D. Japan’s Radio War on Australia, 1941-1945. NY: Cambridge, 1968. D810.P7.J362. Australia, WWII p.4

On Guard With the Volunteer Defence Corps. Canberra: War Memorial, 1944. 172 p. D767.8.A65.

Oppenheimer, Melanie. “Controlling Civilian Volunteering: Canada and Australia During the Second World War.” War and Society (Oct 2004): pp. 27-50. Per.

Penglase, Joanna, & Horner. When the War Came to Australia: Memoirs of the Second World War. St Leonard’s, NSW, Australia, Allen & Unwin, 1992. 260 p. D811.A2.W44.

Potts, Annette, & Strauss, Lucinda. For the Love of a Soldier. Australia: Aust Broadcasting Corp, 1987. 127 p. D810.W7.P67.

Powell, Alan. "The Darwin 'Panic', 1942." Journal of the Australian War Memorial (Oct 1983): pp. 3-9. Per.

_____. “Defending Northern Australia in the Second World War.” In The Army and the Future…, cited above, pp. 213-28. UA870.A75.

Smith, Hugh. "Conscientious Objection to Particular Wars: Australia's Experience during the Vietnam War, 1965-72." War & Society (May 1990): pp. 118-31. Per.

Stockings, Craig. “’Equal to the Task’: The Australian Women’s Land Army and the Question of ‘Fourth Service’ Recognition.” Minerva: Journal of Women and War (Fall 2009): pp. 68-88. Per.

Whitford, Tracy, & Boadle, Don. “Formulating War Service Land Settlement Policy: The Returned Sailors Soldiers and Airmen’s Imperial League of Australia and the Rural Reconstruction Commission.” War & Society (May 2007): pp. 38-60. Per.

OVERSEAS SERVICE-Pacific

Beaumont, Joan. “Australian Memory and the US Wartime Alliance: The Australian-American Memorial and the Battle of the Coral Sea.” War & Society (May 2004): pp. 69-87. Per.

Buggy, Hugh. Pacific Victory: A Short History of Australia’s Part in the War Against Japan. North Melbourne: Victorian Railways, 1945? 301 p. D767.8.B78.

Charlton, Peter. The Unnecessary War: Island Campaigns of the South-West Pacific, 1944-1945. South Melbourne: Macmillan, 1983. 188 p. D767.C44.

____. War Against Japan, 1941-1942. North Sydney: Time-Life, 1988. 168 p. DU112.3.A97no9.

Feuer, A. B. Australian : Their Secret War against the Japanese in World War II. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2006. 194 p. D794.5.F482. Australia, WWII p.5

The Foundations of Victory: The Pacific War, 1943-1944. [Edited by Peter Dennis & Jeffrey Grey] Canberra: Army History Unit, Dept of Defence, 2004. 211 p. UA872.A975. Essays include “The Pacific War, 1943, and Australian National Memory” by Joan Beaumont; “Before Finschhafen: Preparing, Training and Equipping the Forces” by Edward J. Drea; and “Strategy and Generalship: Strategic and Operational Planning for the 1943 Offensives” by David Horner.

Harrison, J.W. "The Australians in the Southwest Pacific." Army Quarterly (Oct 1944): pp. 97-105. Per.

Horner, D.M. “Australia and Allied Strategy in the Pacific, 1941-1946.” 2 vols. PhD dss, Australian National University, 1980. D767.8H653.

_____. Crisis of Command: Australian Generalship and the Japanese Threat, 1941-43. Canberra: Australian National University, 1978. D7678.H65.

Jungle Trail: An Official Publication: A Story of the Australian Soldier in New Guinea. Sidney: A.H. Pettifer, 1944. 32 p. D767.95.J856.

Jungle Victory: An Official Story of the Australian Soldier in the Wau-Salamaua Campaign, January, 1943-Spetember, 1943. North Melbourne: Australian Military Forces, 1944. 64 p. D767.95.J86.

Jungle Warfare: With the Australian Army in the South-west Pacific. Canberra: War Memorial, 1944. 208 p. D767.95A8.

Mant, Gilbert. Grim Glory. Sydney: Currawong, 1942. 77 p. D767.5.M3. Malay Peninsula.

Medcalf, Peter. War in the Shadows: An Australian Soldier’s Story of War in the Jungle, Bougainville 1944-45. St. Lucia, Australia: U Queensland, 2000. 170 p. D811.M43. 15th Battalion, 29th Brigade.

Odgers, George. Air War Against Japan, 1943-1945. Canberra: War Memorial, 1957. 533 p. D792.A8.O3.

Walker, Allan S. The Island Campaigns. Canberra: War Memorial, 1957. 426 p. UM122.1939-45.W3. Medical services

Wellington, Mike. "The Australian Mounted Z-Force's Kayak Raid on was Totally Unexpected." World War II (Jul 1989): pp. 8, 62-63, & 65-66. Per. operation.

See also: -Bibliographies on SWPA in World War II- Pacific Australia, WWI p.6

OVERSEAS SERVICE-Europe

Herington, C.J. Air Power Over Europe, 1944-1945. Canberra: War Memorial, 1963. 539 p. D792.A8.H42.

_____. Air War against Germany and Italy, 1939-1943. Canberra: War Memorial, 1954. 731 p. D792.A8.H4.

OVERSEAS SERVICE-Mediterranean

Active Service: With Australia in the Middle East. Canberra: War Memorial, 1941. 7 p. D766.A8.

Badman, Peter. North Africa 1940-1942: The Desert War. North Sydney: Time-Life, 1988. 168 p. DU112.3.A97no7.

Herington, C.J. Air War Against Germany and Italy, 1939-1943, cited above. D792.A8.H4.

Jarrett, George B. Papers. Arch. US ordnance officer in Egypt.

Laffin, John. Greece, Crete, and Syria. Sydney: Time-Life, 1989. 168 p. DU112.3.A97no13.

Long, Gavin M. Greece, Crete, and Syria. Canberra: War Memorial, 1953. 587 p. D766.L6.

Maughan, Barton. Tobruk and El Alamein. Canberra: War Memorial, 1966. 854 p. D766.93.M38.

Walker, Allan S. Middle East and Far East. Canberra: War Memorial, 1953. 701 p. UM122.1939-34.W3.

SPECIFIC UNITS

Allchin, Edmund F. Purple and Blue: The History of the 2/10th Battalion, A.I.F. (The Adelaide Rifles) 1939-1945. Adelaide: Griffin, 1958? 454 p. D767.816.10thA44.

Bayonets Abroad: A History of the 2/13th Battalion, A.I.F. in the Second World War. Sydney: Waite & Bull, 1953. 434 p. D767.816.13thA3.

Bellair, John. From Snow to Jungle: A History of the 2/3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1987. 298 p. D767.851.2/3rdB44. Australia, WWII p.7

Brigg, The 36th Australian Infantry Battalion, 1939-1945: The Story of an Australian Infantry Battalion and Its Part in the War Against Japan. Sydney: Battalion Assn, 1967. 210 p. D767.816.36thB75.

Bishop, Les. The Thunder of the Guns! A History of 2/3 Australian Field Regiment. Sydney, Australia: Australian Field Regiment Association, 1998. 746 p. D767.8.B57.

Callinan, Bernard J. Independent Company: The 2/2 and 2/4 Australian Independent Companies in Portuguese Timor, 1941-1943. London: Heinemann, 1953. 235 p. D767.72.T4.C3.

Crooks, William. The Footsoldiers: The Story of 2/33rd Australian Infantry Battalion, A.I.F. in the War of 1939-45. Brookvale: Printcraft, 1971. 528 p. D767.816.33d.C76.

Hartley, F.J. Sanananda Interlude; The 7th Aust. Division Cavalry Regiment. Melbourne: Book Depot, 1949. 101 p. D767.814.7thH37.

Johnston, Mark. The Proud 6th: An Illustrated History of the 6th Australian Division, 1939-45. NY: Cambridge, 2008. 269 p. D767.813.6thJ64.

Macfarlan, Graeme. Etched in Green: The History of the 22nd Australian Infantry Battalion, 1939- 1946. Melbourne: Battalion Association, 1961. 262 p. D767.816.22ndM32.

Miller, Ward A. The 9th Australian Division Versus the Africa Corps: An Infantry Division Versus Tanks—Tobruk, Libya 1941. Ft. Leavenworth, KS: CGSC, 1986. 70 p. D767.812.9thM55.

Mud and Sand: Being the Official War History of the 2/3 Pioneer Battalion, A.I.F. 7 vols. Burwood: The Courier, 1955. D547.A86.M82. MHI possesses Parts 2-7.

O’Brien, John W. Guns and Gunners: The Story of the 2/5th Australian Field Regiment in World War II. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1950. 267 p. D767.814.2ndO27.

Signals: Story of the Australian Corps of Signals. Sydney: Halstead, 1949. 196 p. D767.8186.S53.

Uren, Malcolm J.L. A Thousand Men at War: The story of the 2/16th Battalion, A.I.F. London: Heineman, 1959. 259 p. D767.816.16th.U74.

Walker, Richard. Curtin’s Cowboys: Australia’s Secret Bush Commandos. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1986. 194 p. D810.S7.W34.

Australia, WWII p.8

MISCELLANEOUS

Coulthard-Clark, C.D. "'A Damnable Thing': 1938 Ellington Report and the Sacking of Australia's Chief of the Air Staff." Journal of Military History (Aug 1990): pp. 307-23. Per.

Fraser, David. Daviborshch’s Cart: Narrating the Holocaust in Australian War Crimes Trials. Lincoln, NE: U NE, 2010. 371 p. KU43.F73.

Leach, Daniel. “The Other Allies: Military Security, National Allegiance, and the Enlistment of ‘Friendly Aliens’ in the Australian Armed Forces, 1939-1945.” War & Society (Mar 2013): pp. 26-48. Per.

Mitchelhill-Green, David. “Australia’s Worst Air Disaster.” After the Battle No. 153: pp. 44-53. Per. Baker’s Creek, Queensland, Jun 1943 USAAF disaster.

Nagata, Yuriko. "Repatriating Japanese Internees." Journal of the Australian War Memorial (Oct 1989): pp. 15-25. Per.

Wood, James. The Forgotten Force: The Australian Military Contribution to the Occupation of Japan, 1945-1952. St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1998. 304 p. D802.J3.W66.