Armies of empire
Subtitle: the 9th Australian and 50th British divisions in battle, 1939-1945
By: Allan Converse
Series: Australian Army history series; Australian Army history series
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Port Melbourne, Vic; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780521194808
Subjects: Combat sustainability (Military science); Australia; Military History; Operational readiness (Military science); Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945; Australia. Australian Army. Australian Division, 9th; Great Britain. Army. Division, 50th; Regimental histories
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-337) and index.
Table of contents: title: Two roads to Alamein; title: Playing at soldiers : 1919-40; title: Baptisms of fire : 1940-41; title: At the peak : 1942-43; title: The loosening bonds; title: We pressed on; title: Conclusion : the ideal and the sufficient.