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From battle on the high seas in the 18th century, to the peace-keeping forces in the 21st century, award-winning author Dr Jonathan King describes the battles that have had the greatest influence on Australian history.'Yes, we could fight all right. Nobody could fight better than us diggers.'- Jack Buntine, veteran of Gallipoli and the Western FrontGreat Battles in Australian History tells the story of the forty most remarkable conflicts involving Australians through the eyes of the great heroes who were there. Alongside them, we can ride a horse into battle to save a wounded bugler in the Boer War; charge up the cliffs with the Anzacs at Gallipoli to help forge the legend; ride history's last great cavalry charge with the legendary Light Horse; shoot Japanese planes down as they bomb Darwin; beat off Hitler's Desert Fox, Rommel, with the'Rats of Tobruk'; escape from a Viet Cong ambush in a tropical downpour, or slide down a rope from a helicopter into the jaws of a Taliban attack in Afghanistan. Many of these great warriors won the Victoria Cross; some died winning it.As historian Jonathan King takes us to the battlefields of long ago and then on a rollercoaster-ride right up to t

Who reads Great Battles in Australian History?

Author

King, Jonathan, 1942-

Publisher

Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781742374574

Category

history

Subjects

Military, Military History, History

Rating

3.4 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13