Blood, sweat and tears : Australia's WWII remembered by the men and women who lived it / Margaret Geddes.
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TextPublication details: Camberwell, Victoria : Viking, 2004Description: viii, 503 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0670040894 (hbk.) :Other title: Australia's WWII remembered by the men and women who lived itSubject(s): World War (1939-1945) | World War (1939-1945) | 1939 - 1945 | World War, 1939-1945 -- History -- Anecdotes | World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Australia | World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Australia | World War II -- History -- Anecdotes | World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Australian | World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia | Weltkrieg (1939-1945) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian | World War, 1939-1945 | Australien | World War II (Australia )Genre/Form: Personal narratives -- Australian. Additional physical formats: Online version: Blood, sweat and tears.DDC classification: 940.5481 LOC classification: D767.8.G438 2004D811.A2 | G42 2004Summary: Australians took part in every arena of the war, and these moving accounts include memories of the campaigns in Europe and Africa: the battles for the Kokoda Trail, New Guinea and the islands: the internment camps of South-East Asia: and the notorious Burma -Thailand Railway. Also included are stories from the men and women who kept things working and supported the war on the home front. This is a remarkable portrait of men, women and children at war.Summary: Blood, Sweat and Tears brings together the first-hand accounts of more than seventy-five ordinary Australians who did extraordinary things during World War II. Prisoners of war, airmen, nurses, landgirls, internees, schoolchildren, soldiers, sailors and volunteers of every description share their memories of a time of horror, tragedy, love and excitement.
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Includes index.
Bibliography : p. 499-500.
Australians took part in every arena of the war, and these moving accounts include memories of the campaigns in Europe and Africa: the battles for the Kokoda Trail, New Guinea and the islands: the internment camps of South-East Asia: and the notorious Burma -Thailand Railway. Also included are stories from the men and women who kept things working and supported the war on the home front. This is a remarkable portrait of men, women and children at war.
Blood, Sweat and Tears brings together the first-hand accounts of more than seventy-five ordinary Australians who did extraordinary things during World War II. Prisoners of war, airmen, nurses, landgirls, internees, schoolchildren, soldiers, sailors and volunteers of every description share their memories of a time of horror, tragedy, love and excitement.
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