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Australia's involvement in World War II was extensive and significant, impacting the nation profoundly. Beginning in 1939 with the declaration of war against Nazi Germany, nearly a million Australians served in the conflict, engaging in campaigns across Europe, North Africa, and the Mediterranean. The war's character shifted dramatically with Japan's entry, bringing the conflict to Australia's mainland. This led to a redirection of Australia's military focus to the Pacific, where Australian forces played a crucial role in halting Japanese advances.

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Bill and Horrie: Australia's Greatest War Horse and War Dog by Roland Perry
Bill and Horrie: Australia's Greatest War Horse and War Dog by Roland Perry
Bill and Horrie: Australia's Greatest War Horse and War Dog by Roland Perry
AU$24.00
The Personal Diary of Bertram L Witton: A/Leading Telegraphist, HMAS Sydney: September 1939 to February 1941 edited by Darryle Rush
The Personal Diary of Bertram L Witton: A/Leading Telegraphist, HMAS Sydney: September 1939 to February 1941 edited by Darryle Rush
The Personal Diary of Bertram L Witton: A/Leading Telegraphist, HMAS Sydney: September 1939 to February 1941 edited by Darryle Rush
AU$48.00
The Idle Hill of Summer: An Australian Childhood, 1939-1945 by Gavin Souter
The Idle Hill of Summer: An Australian Childhood, 1939-1945 by Gavin Souter
The Idle Hill of Summer: An Australian Childhood, 1939-1945 by Gavin Souter
AU$21.00
The Scrap Iron Flotilla: Five Valiant Destroyers and the Australian War in the Mediterranean by Mike Carlton
The Scrap Iron Flotilla: Five Valiant Destroyers and the Australian War in the Mediterranean by Mike Carlton
The Scrap Iron Flotilla: Five Valiant Destroyers and the Australian War in the Mediterranean by Mike Carlton
AU$28.00
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Fear Drive My Feet by Peter Ryan
Fear Drive My Feet by Peter Ryan
Fear Drive My Feet by Peter Ryan
AU$18.00
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Desert, Bamboo and Barbed Wire: The 1939-45 Story of a Special Detachment of Australian Army Nursing Sisters, Fondly Known As the "Angels in Grey" and Their Fate in War and Captivity by Frances Murphy
Desert, Bamboo and Barbed Wire: The 1939-45 Story of a Special Detachment of Australian Army Nursing Sisters, Fondly Known As the "Angels in Grey" and Their Fate in War and Captivity by Frances Murphy
Desert, Bamboo and Barbed Wire: The 1939-45 Story of a Special Detachment of Australian Army Nursing Sisters, Fondly Known As the "Angels in Grey" and Their Fate in War and Captivity by Frances Murphy
AU$24.00
Blamey: The Biography of Field-Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey by John Hetherington
Blamey: The Biography of Field-Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey by John Hetherington
Blamey: The Biography of Field-Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey by John Hetherington
AU$28.00
Derrick VC by Murray Farquhar
Derrick VC by Murray Farquhar
Derrick VC by Murray Farquhar
AU$33.00
Dinkum Mishpochah by Eric Silbert
Dinkum Mishpochah by Eric Silbert
Dinkum Mishpochah by Eric Silbert
AU$23.00
A Bomber Command Survivor: The Wartime Reminiscences of a Bomber Command Pilot by Stanley E Harrison
A Bomber Command Survivor: The Wartime Reminiscences of a Bomber Command Pilot by Stanley E Harrison
A Bomber Command Survivor: The Wartime Reminiscences of a Bomber Command Pilot by Stanley E Harrison
AU$27.00
The Corvettes: Forgotten Ships of the Royal Australian Navy by Iris Nesdale
The Corvettes: Forgotten Ships of the Royal Australian Navy by Iris Nesdale
The Corvettes: Forgotten Ships of the Royal Australian Navy by Iris Nesdale
AU$75.00
The Longest Siege: Tobruk the Battle that Saved North Africa by Robert Lyman
The Longest Siege: Tobruk the Battle that Saved North Africa by Robert Lyman
The Longest Siege: Tobruk the Battle that Saved North Africa by Robert Lyman
AU$18.00
The Last Man Standing: Herb Ashby and the Battle of El Alamein by Peter Dornan
The Last Man Standing: Herb Ashby and the Battle of El Alamein by Peter Dornan
The Last Man Standing: Herb Ashby and the Battle of El Alamein by Peter Dornan
AU$23.00
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Sister Viv by Grantlee Kieza
Sister Viv by Grantlee Kieza
Sister Viv by Grantlee Kieza
AU$23.00
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A Few of The Few: Australians and the Battle of Britain by Dennis Newton
A Few of The Few: Australians and the Battle of Britain by Dennis Newton
A Few of The Few: Australians and the Battle of Britain by Dennis Newton
AU$60.00
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A Small War: Corvettes: The 39 Through Fremantle edited by David Hummerston
A Small War: Corvettes: The 39 Through Fremantle edited by David Hummerston
A Small War: Corvettes: The 39 Through Fremantle edited by David Hummerston
AU$26.00
Kittyhawk Pilots by Cyril Ayris, Stan Watt and edited by Ross Haig
Kittyhawk Pilots by Cyril Ayris, Stan Watt and edited by Ross Haig
Kittyhawk Pilots by Cyril Ayris, Stan Watt and edited by Ross Haig
AU$43.00
Six Aces: Australian Fighter Pilots 1939-45 by Lex McAulay
Six Aces: Australian Fighter Pilots 1939-45 by Lex McAulay
Six Aces: Australian Fighter Pilots 1939-45 by Lex McAulay
AU$29.00
A Wartime Journey: Stuart Highway Heritage Guide by Howard Pearce and Bob Alford
A Wartime Journey: Stuart Highway Heritage Guide by Howard Pearce and Bob Alford
A Wartime Journey: Stuart Highway Heritage Guide by Howard Pearce and Bob Alford
AU$88.00
Of Love and War: The Letters and Diaries of Captain Adrian Curlewis and His Family: 1939-1945 by Philippa Poole
Of Love and War: The Letters and Diaries of Captain Adrian Curlewis and His Family: 1939-1945 by Philippa Poole
Of Love and War: The Letters and Diaries of Captain Adrian Curlewis and His Family: 1939-1945 by Philippa Poole
AU$21.00
Darwin Dilemmas by Ron Brown and Pat Studdy-Clift
Darwin Dilemmas by Ron Brown and Pat Studdy-Clift
Darwin Dilemmas by Ron Brown and Pat Studdy-Clift
AU$25.00
The Young Soldier From the Goldfields by Roma Wood
The Young Soldier From the Goldfields by Roma Wood
The Young Soldier From the Goldfields by Roma Wood
AU$17.00
Killer Caldwell: Australia's Greatest Fighter Pilot by Jeffrey Watson
Killer Caldwell: Australia's Greatest Fighter Pilot by Jeffrey Watson
Killer Caldwell: Australia's Greatest Fighter Pilot by Jeffrey Watson
AU$21.00
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Shrouded Secrets: Japan's War on Mainland Australia, 1942-1944 by Richard Connaughton
Shrouded Secrets: Japan's War on Mainland Australia, 1942-1944 by Richard Connaughton
Shrouded Secrets: Japan's War on Mainland Australia, 1942-1944 by Richard Connaughton
AU$26.00
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The Black Diggers: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in the Second World War by Robert A Hall
The Black Diggers: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in the Second World War by Robert A Hall
The Black Diggers: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in the Second World War by Robert A Hall
AU$25.00
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Fighters From the Fringe: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Recall the Second World War by Robert A Hall
Fighters From the Fringe: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Recall the Second World War by Robert A Hall
Fighters From the Fringe: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Recall the Second World War by Robert A Hall
AU$25.00
The Bulldog Track by Peter Phelps
The Bulldog Track by Peter Phelps
The Bulldog Track by Peter Phelps
AU$19.00
HMAS Sydney: Fact, Fantasy and Fraud by Barbara Winter
HMAS Sydney: Fact, Fantasy and Fraud by Barbara Winter
HMAS Sydney: Fact, Fantasy and Fraud by Barbara Winter
AU$23.00
Not To Be Shot at or Exported: An Airman's Letters Home 1942-1945 by Leslie Harold Sullivan
Not To Be Shot at or Exported: An Airman's Letters Home 1942-1945 by Leslie Harold Sullivan
Not To Be Shot at or Exported: An Airman's Letters Home 1942-1945 by Leslie Harold Sullivan
AU$28.00
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Mackie and Jack: They Married in Wartime and Said Goodbye by Jan William Smith
Mackie and Jack: They Married in Wartime and Said Goodbye by Jan William Smith
Mackie and Jack: They Married in Wartime and Said Goodbye by Jan William Smith
AU$21.00
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Ray Parkin's Wartime Trilogy: Out of the Smoke, Into the Smother and In The Sword and the Blossom
Ray Parkin's Wartime Trilogy: Out of the Smoke, Into the Smother and In The Sword and the Blossom
Ray Parkin's Wartime Trilogy: Out of the Smoke, Into the Smother and In The Sword and the Blossom
AU$48.00
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The Home Front Family Album: Remembering Australia 1939–1945 edited by Sheena Coupe with Nancy Keesing
The Home Front Family Album: Remembering Australia 1939–1945 edited by Sheena Coupe with Nancy Keesing
The Home Front Family Album: Remembering Australia 1939–1945 edited by Sheena Coupe with Nancy Keesing
AU$23.00
No Survivors: HMAS Sydney: The 50-Year-Old Mystery of Australia’s Greatest Naval Tragedy
No Survivors: HMAS Sydney: The 50-Year-Old Mystery of Australia’s Greatest Naval Tragedy
No Survivors: HMAS Sydney: The 50-Year-Old Mystery of Australia’s Greatest Naval Tragedy
AU$18.00
Bunbury Civilians in Wartime by Lyn Gornall et al
Bunbury Civilians in Wartime by Lyn Gornall et al
Bunbury Civilians in Wartime by Lyn Gornall et al
AU$45.00
Armidale '42: A Survivor's Account: Memory and Imagination by Col Madigan, Jan Senbergs and Don Watson
Armidale '42: A Survivor's Account: Memory and Imagination by Col Madigan, Jan Senbergs and Don Watson
Armidale '42: A Survivor's Account: Memory and Imagination by Col Madigan, Jan Senbergs and Don Watson
AU$27.00
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Warrior of Kokoda: A Biography of Brigadier Arnold Potts by Bill Edgar
Warrior of Kokoda: A Biography of Brigadier Arnold Potts by Bill Edgar
Warrior of Kokoda: A Biography of Brigadier Arnold Potts by Bill Edgar
AU$25.00
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Voices from the Air: ABC War Correspondents of the Second World War by Tony Hill
Voices from the Air: ABC War Correspondents of the Second World War by Tony Hill
Voices from the Air: ABC War Correspondents of the Second World War by Tony Hill
AU$35.00
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A Boy From Kiama by John Bloomfield
A Boy From Kiama by John Bloomfield
A Boy From Kiama by John Bloomfield
AU$23.00
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Kalumburu War Diary by Friar Eugene Perez edited Rosemary Pratt and John Millington
Kalumburu War Diary by Friar Eugene Perez edited Rosemary Pratt and John Millington
Kalumburu War Diary by Friar Eugene Perez edited Rosemary Pratt and John Millington
AU$28.00
Curtin's Gift: Reinterpreting Australia's Greatest Prime Minister by John Edwards
Curtin's Gift: Reinterpreting Australia's Greatest Prime Minister by John Edwards
Curtin's Gift: Reinterpreting Australia's Greatest Prime Minister by John Edwards
AU$23.00
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The Secret Code-Breakers of Central Bureau: How Australia’s Signals-Intelligence Network Helped Shorten the Pacific War by David Dufty
The Secret Code-Breakers of Central Bureau: How Australia’s Signals-Intelligence Network Helped Shorten the Pacific War by David Dufty
The Secret Code-Breakers of Central Bureau: How Australia’s Signals-Intelligence Network Helped Shorten the Pacific War by David Dufty
AU$40.00
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Last Truck Out by Betty Lockyer
Last Truck Out by Betty Lockyer
Last Truck Out by Betty Lockyer
AU$19.00
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Ray Parkin's Odyssey: Sailor, Artist, Prisoner of War by Pattie Wright
Ray Parkin's Odyssey: Sailor, Artist, Prisoner of War by Pattie Wright
Ray Parkin's Odyssey: Sailor, Artist, Prisoner of War by Pattie Wright
AU$26.00
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The Boy in the Dress: Investigating a Tragic Unsolved Murder in Wartime Australia That Echoes Through the Ages by Jonathan Butler
The Boy in the Dress: Investigating a Tragic Unsolved Murder in Wartime Australia That Echoes Through the Ages by Jonathan Butler
The Boy in the Dress: Investigating a Tragic Unsolved Murder in Wartime Australia That Echoes Through the Ages by Jonathan Butler
AU$23.00
Evatt: Politics and Justice by Kylie Tennant
Evatt: Politics and Justice by Kylie Tennant
Evatt: Politics and Justice by Kylie Tennant
AU$33.00
You'll be Sorry! Reflections of the AWAS from 1941-1945 by Ann Howard
You'll be Sorry! Reflections of the AWAS from 1941-1945 by Ann Howard
You'll be Sorry! Reflections of the AWAS from 1941-1945 by Ann Howard
AU$19.00
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Silent Victory: Breaking the Japanese Air Blockade by Arthur Leebold
Silent Victory: Breaking the Japanese Air Blockade by Arthur Leebold
Silent Victory: Breaking the Japanese Air Blockade by Arthur Leebold
AU$23.00
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Sepik Pilot: Wing Commander Bobby Gibbes, DSO, DFC by James Sinclair
Sepik Pilot: Wing Commander Bobby Gibbes, DSO, DFC by James Sinclair
Sepik Pilot: Wing Commander Bobby Gibbes, DSO, DFC by James Sinclair
AU$40.00
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Jack's Island by Norman Jorgensen
Jack's Island by Norman Jorgensen
Jack's Island by Norman Jorgensen
AU$23.00
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Heroes and Lovers: A Question of National Identity by Rosemary Campbell
Heroes and Lovers: A Question of National Identity by Rosemary Campbell
Heroes and Lovers: A Question of National Identity by Rosemary Campbell
AU$28.00
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The Life Story of Young 38: Mosquito Nightfighter, Buzz Bomb Ace: An Autobiography by Keith Roediger
The Life Story of Young 38: Mosquito Nightfighter, Buzz Bomb Ace: An Autobiography by Keith Roediger
The Life Story of Young 38: Mosquito Nightfighter, Buzz Bomb Ace: An Autobiography by Keith Roediger
AU$35.00
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The Dunera Affair: A Documentary Resource Book edited by Paul R Bartrop with Gabrielle Eisen
The Dunera Affair: A Documentary Resource Book edited by Paul R Bartrop with Gabrielle Eisen
The Dunera Affair: A Documentary Resource Book edited by Paul R Bartrop with Gabrielle Eisen
AU$110.00
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The Missing Man: From the Outback to Tarakan, the Powerful Story of Len Waters, the RAAF’s Only WWII Aboriginal Fighter Pilot by Peter Rees
The Missing Man: From the Outback to Tarakan, the Powerful Story of Len Waters, the RAAF’s Only WWII Aboriginal Fighter Pilot by Peter Rees
The Missing Man: From the Outback to Tarakan, the Powerful Story of Len Waters, the RAAF’s Only WWII Aboriginal Fighter Pilot by Peter Rees
AU$28.00
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Crew: The Story of the Men Who Flew RAAF Lancaster J for Jig by Mike Colman
Crew: The Story of the Men Who Flew RAAF Lancaster J for Jig by Mike Colman
Crew: The Story of the Men Who Flew RAAF Lancaster J for Jig by Mike Colman
AU$19.00
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Lancaster Men: The Aussie Heroes of Bomber Command by Peter Rees
Lancaster Men: The Aussie Heroes of Bomber Command by Peter Rees
Lancaster Men: The Aussie Heroes of Bomber Command by Peter Rees
AU$23.00
The Search for HMAS Sydney: An Australian Story edited by Ted Graham, Bob King, Bob Trotter and Kim Kirsner
The Search for HMAS Sydney: An Australian Story edited by Ted Graham, Bob King, Bob Trotter and Kim Kirsner
The Search for HMAS Sydney: An Australian Story edited by Ted Graham, Bob King, Bob Trotter and Kim Kirsner
AU$55.00
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Churchill and Australia by Graham Freudenberg
Churchill and Australia by Graham Freudenberg
Churchill and Australia by Graham Freudenberg
AU$27.00
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Escape Artist: The Incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck by Peter Monteath
Escape Artist: The Incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck by Peter Monteath
Escape Artist: The Incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck by Peter Monteath
AU$21.00
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Red Lead: The Naval Cat With Nine Lives by Roland Perry
Red Lead: The Naval Cat With Nine Lives by Roland Perry
Red Lead: The Naval Cat With Nine Lives by Roland Perry
AU$17.00
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Arthur Blackburn VC: An Australian Hero, His Men, and Their Two World Wars by Andrew Faulkner
Arthur Blackburn VC: An Australian Hero, His Men, and Their Two World Wars by Andrew Faulkner
Arthur Blackburn VC: An Australian Hero, His Men, and Their Two World Wars by Andrew Faulkner
AU$30.00
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