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An Australian Band of Brothers : Don Company, Second 43rd Battalion, 9th Division

By Mark Johnston

Book information

Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9781742244105, 9781742235721
LCC
D766.93 .J646 2018
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
7 MB (7441834 bytes)
Pages
277\0
Time added
2023-08-20 23:42:09
1939-1945-Participation1939-1945-Regimental histories-Australia. ; World2/43rd. ; World WarAustralia.-Australian Army.-Australian Imperial FoAustralian.

Description

This riveting book follows a small group of Australian front-line soldiers from their enlistment in the dark days of 1940 to the end of World War II. No ordinary soldiers, they were members of Don Company of the Second 43rd Battalion, part of the famous 9th Australian Division, which sustained more casualties and won more medals than any other Australian division. Inspired by American historian Stephen Ambrose's landmark book, Band of Brothers, about the US Army's Easy Company of the 506th Regiment, Mark Johnston, one of our best military historians, here gives an Australian company the same treatment. His book is a unique and powerful account of the everyday experiences of a small unit of Australian soldiers on the front line.

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