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...And Far From Home [1985] ISBN: 0333415078 Area: Asia, Pacific By: John Balfe Publisher: The MacMillan Company Of Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Flying RAAF transports in the Pacific War and after.
1942 Australia's Greatest Peril [2008] ISBN: 9781405038607 Area: Australia By: Bob Wurth Publisher: Macmillan
Comments: Australia feared invasion. Britain believed it wouldn't happen. Japan considered it. Then the tide of war turned. Author describes the unfolding situation.
200 Shots : Damien Parer, George Silk And the Australians At War In New Guinea [1998] ISBN: 1864485418 Area: Pacific By: Neil McDonald and Peter Brune Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Photographs and accompanying captions of Silk and Parer in New Guinea.
4000 Bowls Of Rice [1993] ISBN: 1863735798 Area: Asia By: Linda Goetz Holmes Publisher: Allen Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Cecil Dickson's letters in 1945 (2/2 Pioneer).
42nd Australian Infantry Battalion [2004] ISBN: 1876674846 Area: Australia, Pacific By: S. F. Benson Publisher: Central Queensland University Publishing Unit
Comments: Unit history of 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion.
50 Years Of Silence [1994] ISBN: 1875892001 Area: Asia By: Jan Ruff-O'Herne Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Comments: Autobiography of a Dutch girl forced to be a 'comfort woman' for the Japanese Army in Java.
A Bastard Of A Place [2004] ISBN: 1741144035 Area: Pacific By: Peter Brune Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Description of five major battles in Papua New Guinea in World War 2 : Kokoda, Milne Bay, Gona, Buna & Sanananda.
A Bitter Fate [2002] ISBN: 1877007102 Area: Asia, Australia By: Department of Veterans' Affairs Publisher: Commonwealth of Australia
Comments: Gives historical context of 'Singapore Strategy'. Describes situation of Australians before & during the conflict, at the surrender & what befell some afterwards.
A Doctor's War [2005] ISBN: 0732280087 Area: Asia By: Rowley Richards Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers P/L
Comments: Doctor's experience as POW.
A Guest Of The Emperor [1996] ISBN: 0864391900 Area: Asia By: Russell Savage Publisher: Boolarong Press
Comments: P.O.W. at Changi, Burma Railway & Japan. Survivor of Rakuyo Maru torpedoing en route to Japan.
A History Of 2/18th Infantry Battalion AIF [2006] ISBN: 1876439831 Area: Asia By: D. Elliot and L. Silver Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Unit history of 2/18 Infantry Battalion. Prior title was Against All Odds.
A Life For Every Sleeper [1988] ISBN: 0043780091 Area: Asia By: Hugh V. Clarke Publisher: Allen Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Describes the appalling conditions on the Burma Railway. Many photos and a summary of D, F, H, K and L Forces.
A Long Way from Silver Creek [2000] ISBN: 1875574395 Area: Worldwide By: Margaret Gee Publisher: Margaret Gee
Comments: Author's family history. Over a third covers the experiences of her father, Alan, in the Navy, with H.M.A.S. Perth and as a P.O.W. with Williams Force on the Burma Railway.
A Pictorial History Of Australians At War [1970] ISBN: 0600396560 Area: Worldwide By: Paul Hamlyn Publisher: Paul Hamlyn Pty Ltd
Comments: Australian armed forces from Colonial unrest to the Vietnam War.
A Postal History of the Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees in East Asia During the Second World War, Vol.1, Singapore & Malaya 1942-1945, The Changi Connection [2002] ISBN: 0953000451 Area: Asia By: David Tett Publisher: BFA Publishing
Comments: 400pp, A4 hardback. Erudite. Philatelic study but includes photocopies of many cards/letters to/from POWs or internees mostly between Singapore & UK. Significant information on camps & handling of mails.
A Rising Son Of Empire [1993] ISBN: 0646129953 Area: Worldwide By: Charles Harle Publisher: Mostly Unsung Military Research and Publications
Comments: Autobiography of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Harle.
A River Kwai Story The Sonkrai Tribunal [2007] ISBN: UNKNOWN Area: Asia By: Robin Rowland Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: What happened to F Force on the Burma Railway - lead up, events and resultant war crimes trials.
A Submariner's War : The Indian Ocean 1939-45 [2000] ISBN: 0752432761 Area: Africa, Australia By: Michael Wilson Publisher: Tempus Publishing Limited
Comments: Overview of the Indian Ocean submarine war during World War 2 which involved 7 nations (Great Britain, the Netherlands, U.S.A., France, Italy, Germany and Japan).
A Thousand Cups Of Rice [1994] ISBN: 0890159904 Area: Pacific By: Kyle Thompson Publisher: Eakin Press, USA
Comments: Author was U.S. National Guardsman from Texas who became a P.O.W. on the Burma Railway.
A Thousand Men At War [2009] ISBN: 9780980567472 Area: Worldwide By: Malcolm Uren Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Unit history of the 2/16 Australian Infantry Battalion which served in Syria, New Guinea and Borneo in battles such as Litani River, Damour, Kokoda Track, Ramu Valley, Shaggy Ridge, Balikpapan, etc.
A Very Long War [2000] ISBN: 0522849091 Area: Pacific By: Margaret Reeson Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Comments: Experiences of families of men missing in the New Guinea Islands in WW II; how they coped alone, after evacuation, during the war & with death or uncertainty after it.
A Walk In Their Footsteps [1997] ISBN: 0958669341 Area: Pacific By: Andrew J. Stone Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: An Australian Army medic's traversing of the modern day Kokoda Track.
Across the Sea to War [2003] ISBN: 1877058068 Area: Worldwide By: Peter Plowman Publisher: Rosenberg
Comments: Account of the Australian and New Zealand troop convoy movements during war from 1865 to Vietnam.
Active Service With Australia In The Middle East [1941] ISBN: No Area: Middle East By: Members of the Services Publisher: Halstead Press, Sydney
Comments: Stories of the Australian Army in the Middle East.
Adversity In Success [1980] ISBN: 0959462201 Area: Pacific By: J. E. Hewitt Publisher: Langate Publishing
Comments: Extracts from Air Vice Marshal Hewitt's diaries 1939-1948 about Australian led R.A.A.F. units in the Pacific.
Against The Odds [2009] ISBN: 9780958119016 Area: Worldwide By: Walter Gherardin Publisher: Albert Coates Memorial Trust
Comments: Biography of Sir Albert (Dr) Coates by his son-in-law.
Aircrew [2000] ISBN: 9781407214603 Area: Europe By: Bruce Lewis Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Comments: Real stories of Bomber Command aircrew during bombing missions over enemy held targets in Europe.
All Men Back - All One Big Mistake [1998] ISBN: 0859052540 Area: Asia, Pacific By: W.A. Bee Publisher: Hesperian Press
Comments: HMAS Perth sailor, wounded Battle of Sunda Strait, becomes POW Java, Burma Railway, Burma end, No. 5 Branch. Then to coal-mines, Moji, Japan via Kanburi, Saigon & Singapore.
Amateur Soldier [1984] ISBN: 0867860642 Area: Worldwide By: John Bellair Publisher: Spectrum Publications
Comments: Australian machine gunner's memories of WWII, first with 2/1 MG Bn in UK, Egypt, Greece, Crete, Palestine & Syria. Then to Australia. With 2/3 MG Bn at Cowra breakout, Corps HQ & New Guinea.
America In The Air War [1982] ISBN: Area: To add By: To add Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: None written yet.
An Awkward Truth [2009] ISBN: 9781741756432 Area: Australia By: Peter Grose Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Describes the bombing of Darwin in February 1942, spelling out its severity and the responses of those affected, both shameful & heroic.
An Entertaining War [1986] ISBN: 0949825131 Area: Worldwide By: Michael Pate Publisher: Dreamweaver Books
Comments: Author was British P.O.W. captured at Singapore. He describes his time at Changi & includes many of the drawings he secretly made during his captivity.
And The Dawn Came Up Like Thunder [1972] ISBN: 0903488000 Area: Asia By: Leo Rawlings Publisher: Progress Press Potters Bar Herts
Comments: Author was British P.O.W. captured at .
ANZACs At War [1965] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: John Laffin Publisher: Abelard-Schuman
Comments: Story of Australian and New Zealand battles.
Arthur Blackburn VC [2008] ISBN: 9781862547841 Area: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Pacific By: Andrew Faulkner Publisher: Wakefield Press
Comments: An Australian hero, his men & their 2 world wars - WW I, Gallipoli & Pozieres (VC), WW II Syria (2/3 MG Bn) & Java (CO Blackforce). Then P.O.W. Java, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan & Manchuria.
Arthur's War [2010] ISBN: 9780670073467 Area: Asia By: Arthur Bancroft with John Harman Publisher: Viking
Comments: Bancroft survived the sinking of HMAS Perth, the Burma Railway with Williams and No.1 Mobile Forces and was rescued by a US submarine after Rakuyo Maru was sunk en route to Japan.
As You Were 1946 [1946] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Members of the Services Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian services from 1788 to 1946 (mainly World War 2).
As You Were 1947 [1947] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Members of the Services Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian services from 1788 to 1946 (mainly World War 2).
As You Were 1948 [1948] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Members of the Services Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian services from 1788 to 1946 (mainly World War 2).
As You Were 1949 [1949] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Members of the Services Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian services from 1788 to 1946 (mainly World War 2).
As You Were 1950 [1950] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Members of the Services Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian services from 1788 to 1946 (mainly World War 2).
At The Front Line [1996] ISBN: 0521560373 Area: Worldwide By: Mark Johnston Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Comments: Experiences of Australian soldiers in World War 2.
Atlas Of World War II [2005] ISBN: 1572152958 Area: To add By: Richard Natkiel Publisher: World Publications Group Inc.
Comments: None written yet.
Aussie Soldier Prisoners Of War [2009] ISBN: 9780980325157 Area: Worldwide By: Denny Neave & Craig Smith Publisher: Big Sky Publishing Pty Ltd
Comments: Stories of Australian P.O.W.s during numerous wars.
Australia At Arms [1955] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Norman Bartlett Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of battles involving Australians from the Maori wars to World War 2.
Australia Goes To War [1988] ISBN: 0868243752 Area: Worldwide By: John Robertson Publisher: Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Describes the Australian involvement during World War 2.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 AIR Vol.I : Royal Australian Air Force 1939-42 [1962] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Douglas Gillison Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 AIR Vol.II : Air War Against Japan, 1943-45 [1957] ISBN: No Area: Asia, Pacific By: George Odgers Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 AIR Vol.III : Air War Against Germany And Italy, 1939-43 [1954] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: John Herington Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 AIR Vol.IV : Air Power Over Europe, 1944-45 [1963] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: John Herington Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 ARMY Vol.I : To Benghazi [1952] ISBN: No Area: Africa By: Gavin Long Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 ARMY Vol.II : Greece, Crete And Syria [1962] ISBN: No Area: Europe, Middle East By: Gavin Long Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 ARMY Vol.III : Tobruk And El Alamein [1966] ISBN: No Area: Africa By: Barton Maughan Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 ARMY Vol.IV : The Japanese Thrust [1957] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Lionel Wigmore Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Official Australian History of Australian involvement in the war in Malaya, New Britain,Ambon, Timor and Java against Japan and the experiences of Australian prisoners of the Japanese.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 ARMY Vol.V : South-West Pacific Area - First Year : Kokoda To Wau [1959] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Dudley McCarthy Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 ARMY Vol.VI : The New Guinea Offensives [1961] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: David Dexter Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 ARMY Vol.VII : The Final Campaigns [1963] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Gavin Long Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 MEDICAL Vol.I : Clinical Problems Of War [1956] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Allan S. Walker Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 MEDICAL Vol.II : Middle East And Far East [1962] ISBN: No Area: Asia, Middle East By: Allan S. Walker Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 MEDICAL Vol.III : The Island Campaigns [1957] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Allan S. Walker Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 MEDICAL Vol.IV : Medical Services Of The R.A.N. And R.A.A.F. [1961] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Allan S. Walker Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 NAVY Vol.2 : Royal Australian Navy, 1942-45 [1968] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: G. Hermon Gill Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australia In The War Of 1939-45 NAVY Vol.I : Royal Australian Navy, 1939-42 [1957] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: G. Hermon Gill Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: None written yet.
Australian Air Aces [1996] ISBN: 1875671250 Area: Worldwide By: Dennis Newton Publisher: Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd
Comments: Concise reference recording the achievements and exploits of Australian air aces.
Australian Bushcraft [UNKNOWN] ISBN: No Area: Australia By: To add Publisher: Australian Army Education Service
Comments: 46 page booklet written by the Army for basic survival in the outback (making fire, miscellaneous hints, finding water & food) .
Australians Awarded [2008] ISBN: 9780975224571 Area: Australia By: Clive Johnson Publisher: Renniks Publications Pty Ltd
Comments: Concise guide to military and civilian decorations, medals and other awards to Australians from 1815 to 2007.
Australians In War [1974] ISBN: 304299723 Area: Worldwide By: Jane Barnaby Publisher: Cassell Australia Ltd
Comments: Stories involving Australians from World War 1 to World War 2.
Australians In Wartime [1987] ISBN: 0170059391 Area: Worldwide By: Michael McKernan Publisher: Nelson
Comments: Year 12 history text telling about WW I and WW II. Includes illustrative documents.
Australia's Forgotten Army Volume 1 [1994] ISBN: 0646177680 Area: Australia By: Graham R. McKenzie-Smith Publisher: Grimwade Publications
Comments: Development of the Australian Army in Western Australia during World War 2 from local militia (13 Infantry Brigade Group) to its peak then to scaled down role as units were sent north to New Guinea .
Australia's Pearl Harbour : Darwin 1942 [1984] ISBN: 0727020242 Area: Australia By: Douglas Lockwood Publisher: Rigby Publishers
Comments: Complete reconstruction of the first bombing of Darwin on 19/02/1942 by Japanese aircraft.
Australia's War At Sea : 1939 To 1945 [UNKNOWN] ISBN: 1876270527 Area: Worldwide By: To add Publisher: Topmill Pty Ltd
Comments: None written yet.
Bamboo And Barbed Wire [1988] ISBN: 0950388432 Area: Asia By: Stanley Wood-Higgs Publisher: Roman Press Limited
Comments: British 197th Field Ambulance member who became P.O.W. & was sent to Burma Railway. Diary, stories, poems, etc.
Bamboo And Bushido [1955] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Alf G. Allbury Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
Comments: Author's experiences as P.O.W. on the Burma Railway and survival from the torpedoed hellship Rakuyo Maru.
Bamboo Doctor [1970] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Stanley S. Pavillard Publisher: Pan Books Ltd
Comments: Doctor's experience as POW in the camps on the Burma Railway.
Bamboo Round My Shoulder [1981] ISBN: 0949924024 Area: Asia By: George Sprod Publisher: Kangaroo Press
Comments: Tales & cartoons of things which happened to P.O.W. (J) which had their funny side.
Barbed Wire & Bamboo [1993] ISBN: 186373421X Area: Worldwide By: Hugh Clarke and Colin Burgess Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Australian P.O.W. stories spanning WW1 and WW2 in Europe and Asia.
Battle Of Britain [1973] ISBN: 021316440X Area: Europe By: H. R. Allen Publisher: Arthur Barker Limited
Comments: Recollections of Wing Commander H. R. 'Dizzy' Allen DFC.
Battle Of Britain : The Forgotten Months [1988] ISBN: 1871187028 Area: Europe By: John Foreman Publisher: Air Research Publications
Comments: Day to day account of November and December 1940 from the viewpoint of Fighter, Coastal and Bomber Commands.
Battle Of The Bismarck Sea [1991] ISBN: 0312058209 Area: Pacific By: Lex McAulay Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Comments: Background of the destruction of a Japanese troop convoy bound for Lae in New Guinea.
Battle Of The Java Sea [1968] ISBN: 0330026089 Area: Pacific By: David Thomas Publisher: Pan Books Ltd
Comments: Very detailed account of the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942.
Behind Bamboo [UNKNOWN] ISBN: 0140149252 Area: Asia By: Rohan Rivett Publisher: Penquin Books Australia Ltd
Comments: Journalist escaped Singapore. POW Java. To Burma Railway, Burma end, No.3 Branch then Tamarkan, Chungkai, Kanburi & Nakom Nayok. Records own & others experiences. Diary-based.
Behind The Wire : The Clinical War Diary Of Dr. Burnett Clarke [1989] ISBN: 0867763078 Area: Asia By: Dr. Burnett Leslie Clarke Publisher: Amphion Press
Comments: War diary compiled in Changi P.O.W. camp 1944-45 by Dr. Burnett Clarke A.A.M.C. of the various lesions suffered by the P.O.W.s.
Betrayal in High Places [1996] ISBN: 0473038188 Area: Asia By: James MacKay Publisher: Tasman Books NZ
Comments: J.G. Godwin, ex-P.O.W. (J) & war crimes investigator, disgusted with Allied politically motivated cessation of investigations, smuggled authentic war crimes documentation out of Japan for historical record.
Blamey [1954] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: John Hetherington Publisher: Angus & Robertson Ltd
Comments: Biography of Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey.
Blitzkrieg [1977] ISBN: 0809424541 Area: Europe By: Robert Wernick Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: Initial attack by Hitler through Holland and Belguim to France and the evacuation of Dunkirk.
Blood And Iron : The Battle For Kokoda 1942 [1991] ISBN: 0091826411 Area: Pacific By: Lex McAulay Publisher: Dragonhill Publishing Services
Comments: Battle for Kokoda 1942.
Blood, Sweat And Tears [2004] ISBN: 0670040894 Area: Worldwide By: Margaret Geddes Publisher: Viking
Comments: Memories of Australian service people, civilians, prisoners of war, & volunteers have of events in Europe, the Middle East, the Pacific and Australia during World War II.
Bloody Buna [post1967] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Lida Mayo Publisher: Purnell Book Services
Comments: The taking of Buna in New Guinea by Australian and American forces.
Bluey Truscott [1958] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Ivan Southall Publisher: Angus and Robertson
Comments: Story of Bluey Truscott, fighter pilot of the R.A.A.F. in Europe and New Guinea.
Bomber Command [2001] ISBN: 0117025402 Area: Europe By: Tim Coates Publisher: The Stationery Office Ltd
Comments: Reprint of official publication to explain the strategy and tactics of the air war to the public.
Branch Line to Burma [1958] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: John Durnford Publisher: Macdonald & Co. Great Britain
Comments: Junior British officer taken P.O.W. at Singapore. Sent to Burma Railway with Group IV, worked at Tonchan, Thailand. Subsequently sent to Chungkai, Tamuang & officers' camp at Kanburi.
Bravery Above Blunder [1999] ISBN: 0195508378 Area: Pacific By: John Coates Publisher: Oxford University Press
Comments: Australian 9th Division's actions at Finschafen, Sattelberg and Sio in New Guinea 1943-1944.
Bravery In Battle [1997] ISBN: 185409338X Area: Worldwide By: David Eshel Publisher: Arms & Armour Press
Comments: Stories from the front line.
Brothers, Battlers And Bastards [1995] ISBN: 0646253891 Area: Worldwide By: Arthur Pearson (2/2 Pioneer) Publisher: Boolarong Press
Comments: Author fought in Western Desert, Greece, Syria and New Guinea before joining 2/2 Pioneers and being sent to Balikpapan, Borneo.
Building The Death Railway [1993] ISBN: 084202428X Area: Asia By: Robert S. La Forte & Ronald E. Marcello Publisher: Scholarly Resources Inc
Comments: Oral history of US soldier & sailor POWs with Australians. From Java, via Burma Railway (Burma & Thailand) to liberation in Thailand, Singapore & Indo-China.
Burma Railway Artist [1994] ISBN: 0670905936 Area: Asia By: Jack Bridger Chalker Publisher: Viking
Comments: English artist's description & pictures as P.O.W. (J) at Kanyu, Chungkai & Nakhon Pathom. He drew many medical sketches as records for Drs Markowitz & Dunlop.
Burma Surgeon [1944] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Gordon S. Seagrave Publisher: Consolidated Book Publishers Inc
Comments: Author was Lieutenant Colonel in U.S. Army Medical Corps and operated in China, Burma and India.
Burma Surgeon [1944] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Gordon S. Seagrave Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co. Inc
Comments: Author was Lieutenant Colonel in U.S. Army Medical Corps and operated in China, Burma and India. First Australian abridged version of 1943 publication.
Campaign In The Marianas : The War In The Pacific [1994] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Philip A. Crowl Publisher: National Historical Society
Comments: U.S. Army in World War 2.
Captives [1986] ISBN: 0702219266 Area: Pacific By: Catherine Kenny Publisher: University Of Queensland Press
Comments: Australian Army nurses in Japanese prison camps. Describes camps on Sumatra, Banka, Rabaul & Japan including the Banka Island massacre.
Captivity, Slavery And Survival As A Far East P.O.W. [2012] ISBN: 1848846223 Area: Pacific By: Peter Fyans Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Comments: Gunner of Royal Artillery captured in Far East by Japanese. His used his skills as a conjuror on the Burma Railway to distract the guards.
Carrying On Under Fire and in Captivity [2009] ISBN: 9780958106047 Area: Asia By: Carl Johnson Publisher: History House
Comments: Stories from the 8th Division, Australian Army Medical Corps under Malaya Command from their deployment to Malaya until recent times. 575 A4 pages. Many illustrations.
Centaur [1993] ISBN: 0646137158 Area: Australia By: Christopher Milligan and John Foley Publisher: Nairana Publications
Comments: Research dispelling the myths of the torpedoing of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur off Brisbane in 1943.
Changi : The Funny Side [1991] ISBN: 1875583025 Area: Asia By: Slim DeGrey Publisher: Peter Hall
Comments: Recollections of incidents and dry humour at Singapore by a member of the A.I.F. Prisoners' Concert Party.
Changi Photographer : George Aspinall's Record Of Captivity [1989] ISBN: 0725105801 Area: Asia By: Tim Bowden Publisher: ABC Enterprises & Sun Books
Comments: Photos and story of P.O.W. at Changi, Singapore and as part of F Force on the Burma Railway .
Chindit [1981] ISBN: 0722151020 Area: Asia By: Richard Rhodes James Publisher: Sphere Books Ltd
Comments: Account of Orde Wingate's two Burma deep penetration operations against the Japanese.
Churchill 1874-1915 [1983] ISBN: 224020447 Area: Worldwide By: Ted Morgan Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Comments: Churchill's life and intrigues from 1874 to 1915.
Churchill And Australia [2008] ISBN: 9781405038706 Area: Worldwide By: Graham Freudenberg Publisher: Macmillan
Comments: Describes Churchill's crusty relations with Australia 1907 - 1955. Author contends this was because Churchill saw Australia as part of the British Empire, not as an independent entity.
Churchill As War Leader [1993] ISBN: 0747514852 Area: Worldwide By: Richard Lamb Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Limited
Comments: Churchill's involvement in World War 2.
Combined Operations 1940-1942 [1943] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Ministry Of Information Publisher: His Majesty's Stationery Office
Comments: Describes Commando training and different raids such as Dieppe, Diego Suarez, St. Nazaire and Bruneval in World War 2.
Commando Strike [1985] ISBN: 0436270250 Area: Worldwide By: Kenneth Macksey Publisher: Leo Cooper
Comments: The story of amphibious raiding in World War 2.
Convoy! Drama In Arctic Waters [1993] ISBN: 1854091301 Area: Worldwide By: Paul Kemp Publisher: Arms & Armour Press
Comments: Allied PQ/QP convoys to supply 500,000,000 pounds worth of war materials to Russia which resulted in the loss of 18 warships and 104 merchant ships.
Convoy Is To Scatter [1974] ISBN: 0860070530 Area: Europe By: Jack Broome Publisher: First Futura Publications
Comments: The sequence of events that sealed the fate of Allied PQ17 convoy en route to Russia and resulted in the loss of 23 from 34 merchant ships.
Crete 1941 [1975] ISBN: 450025543 Area: Europe By: David A. Thomas Publisher: Andre Deutsch Ltd
Comments: Transport of Allied troops to Greece, evacuation of Allied troops from Greece and then Crete by the British Mediterranean Fleet.
Crossed Boomerangs [2005] ISBN: 187643967X Area: Worldwide By: Bob Burla Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Histories of all the Australian 31 Battalions.
Cruel Conflict [2008] ISBN: 9781741107388 Area: Worldwide By: Kathryn Spurling Publisher: New Holland
Comments: Story of crewmen of H.M.A.S. Perth 1939-45 and Australian's reactions to them. 14 chapters; 2 on Mediterranean, 3 on Battles of Java Sea & Sunda Strait, 4 on P.O.W. years, diverse experiences.
Cruiser [2010] ISBN: 978174166839 Area: Worldwide By: Mike Carlton Publisher: William Heinemann Australia
Comments: The life and loss of H.M.A.S. Perth I and her crew. 706 pages.
Damien Parer's War [2004] ISBN: 0734405898 Area: Africa, Europe, Middle East, Pacific By: Neil McDonald Publisher: Lothian Books
Comments: Biography A.I.F. movie photographer. Palestine, Egypt, Western Desert, Greece, Syria, Tobruk, Port Moresby, Wau, Salamaua, Kokoda, Timor, Bismark Sea, New Britain, Admiralty Island, Guam, Peleliu.
Darkest Hour : Lark Force At Rabaul [2006] ISBN: 0760323496 Area: Pacific By: Bruce Gamble Publisher: Zenith Press
Comments: Capture of Lark Force at Rabaul by the Japanese.
D-Day : Dawn Of Heroes [2007] ISBN: 9781841937502 Area: Europe By: Nigel Cawthorne Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
Comments: Describes D-Day in Normandy, France from intelligence secrets to each beach through to breakout of the beach heads.
Dear Mum [1964] ISBN: No Area: Middle East, Asia By: John Binning Publisher: Grayflower Publications
Comments: Journalist was a Gunner in the AIF. Enlistment, training, occupation of Syria & return to Australia in 1942 on the Orcades, via Java where he didn't disembark with the 2/2 Pioneers.
Death on the Hellships [2001] ISBN: 0850528216 Area: Asia By: Gregory F. Michno Publisher: Leo Cooper
Comments: Son of U.S.S. Pampanito submariner records rescues, travel and deaths of Allied P.O.W.s(J) as Pacific war progressed & gives background to events.
Death Railway [1973] ISBN: 345097793 Area: Asia By: Clifford Kinvig Publisher: Pan/Ballantine
Comments: English officer and historian's account of the Burma Railway. Many illustrations.
Death Was Our Escort [1944] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Ernest G. Vetter Publisher: Prentice-Hall Inc
Comments: Story of Edward T. Hamilton in the American PT boats.
Decision At Sea : The Convoy Escorts [1978] ISBN: 0525930043 Area: North America, Europe By: Peter Kemp Publisher: E. P. Dutton
Comments: History of the convoys in the Atlantic and the tactics used for eventual victory.
Defeat Into Victory [1956] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Field Marshall Sir William Slim Publisher: Cassell And Company Ltd
Comments: The entire Burma Campaign described by the Allied commander of the local forces.
Defiance At Sea [2002] ISBN: 0304350850 Area: Worldwide By: Jon Guttman Publisher: Cassell Military Paperbacks
Comments: Fourteen naval actions spanning 400 years of war at sea.
Desert Scorpions [2007] ISBN: 0980320461 Area: Africa, Europe By: Leon Kane-Maguire Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Unit history of 459 Squadron R.A.A.F. 1942-1945.
Diary Of A Girl In Changi [1999] ISBN: 0731808398 Area: Asia By: Sheila Allen Publisher: Kangaroo Press
Comments: Sheila Allen, a Eurasian, was made a civilian P.O.W.(J), aged 17 years. At great risk she kept a diary of those years in Changi and Sime Road, Singapore.
Dick Bong Ace Of Aces [1962] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: General George C. Kenney Publisher: Popular Library
Comments: America's top ace of 40 victories.
Did Singapore Have To Fall? [2005] ISBN: 0415374146 Area: Asia By: Karl Hack & Kevin Blackburn Publisher: Routledge
Comments: Scholarly account of the factors involved in the fall of Singapore and examination of the differing views on its cause.
Digger [1960] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: John Laffin Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Comments: True short entries and stories of the Australian soldier at places like Gallipoli, Diamond Hill, Tobruk, Bullecourt, Passchendaele, Eland's River, New Guinea, El Alamein, Crete, Pozieres, etc.
Diggers : The Australian Army, Navy And Air Force In Eleven Wars [UNKNOWN] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: George Odgers Publisher: Lifetime Distributors
Comments: The Australian Army, Navy And Air Force from 1860 to 1994.
Diggers And Greeks [2010] ISBN: 9781742230146 Area: Europe By: Maria Hill Publisher: University of New South Wales Press Ltd
Comments: The Australian campaigns in Greece & Crete.
Doctors At War [1945] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Morris Fishbein Publisher: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc
Comments: U.S. medical corps doctors saving lives and performing advanced surgery.
Doctor's Diary And Memoirs [1994] ISBN: 0646194739 Area: Asia By: Roy Mills Publisher: R. M. Mills
Comments: Diary of the author who was a doctor in Lt. Colonel Pond's Party, F Force on the Burma Railway. Also tells about other doctors & individuals affected.
Don't Worry About Me [2004] ISBN: 0646440268 Area: Asia By: Robyn Arvier Publisher: Robyn Arvier
Comments: Collection of letters written by members of 8th Division AIF before & after being made POW. Includes brief description about letter writer.
Doomed Battalion : The Australian 2/40 Battalion 1940-45 [1995] ISBN: 1863737634 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Peter Henning Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Battalion history. 2/40 fought in Timor. All P.O.W.s to Java. Dispersed. Main groups Java, Burma Railway in Thailand with Dunlop, Japan, Singapore & Sumatra. Discusses reasons & reactions.
Dunkirk [2002] ISBN: 0304359688 Area: Europe By: Robert Jackson Publisher: Cassell Military Paperbacks
Comments: The three weeks of battle before the Dunkirk evacuation and including the nine days to save 198,000 troops by virtually every warship and small boat available across the English Channel.
East Of Malta, West Of Suez : September 1939 To March 1941 [2001] ISBN: 0117025380 Area: Europe By: Tim Coates Publisher: The Stationery Office Ltd
Comments: Reprint of official publication to describe the British Royal Navy in action (September 1939 to March 1941) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the public.
Echoes Of ANZAC [2005] ISBN: 0734408099 Area: Worldwide By: Graham Seal Publisher: Thomas C. Lothian Pty Ltd
Comments: Verses of Australians at many wars.
Echoes Over The Pacific [1995] ISBN: 0646243233 Area: Pacific By: Ed Simmonds & Norm Smith Publisher: E W & E Simmonds
Comments: Overview of Allied Air Warning Radar from Pearl Harbour to the Philippines campaign.
Eighth Army : The Triumphant Desert Army That Held The Axis At Bay From North Africa To The Alps 1939-45 [2004] ISBN: 1585675377 Area: Africa, Europe By: Robin Neillands Publisher: The Overlook Press, Peter Mayer Publishers Inc
Comments: Account of Eighth Army's campaigns from North Africa to The Alps 1939 to 1945.
Enemy Coast Ahead : Guy Gibson V.C. [1955] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Guy Gibson, V.C. Publisher: Pan Books Ltd
Comments: Guy gibson's account of heavy bomber missions until his death in action. He was a dam buster in the famous 617 Squadron.
Escape : A Thousand Miles To Freedom & Hunted [1995] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: M. Murray Publisher: Seal Books
Comments: Escape from New Ireland in the Pacific of Harry Murray and a group of Australians over 3 months behind enemy lines back to safety. Second part of book is about the Coastwatchers intelligence network.
Escape And Evasion [2001] ISBN: 0304362379 Area: Worldwide By: Ian Dear Publisher: Cassell & Co
Comments: Description of eighteen great escapes and the organisations that set up escape lines.
Escape From Hell: The Sandakan Story [1958] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Walter Wallace Publisher: Robert Hale Limited
Comments: Australian escaped from Sandakan to the Philippines where he worked with the guerillas before being returned to Australia.
Every day in the Year: The Shrine of Remembrance [2003] ISBN: 1877007196 Area: Australia By: Veterans' Affairs Publisher: Commonwealth of Australia
Comments: A pictorial history of Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance, its construction and events.
Eyewitness To War [1985] ISBN: 0949193003 Area: Pacific By: Dreamweaver Magazines Publisher: Dreamweaver Magazines
Comments: Australia's Pacific Campaign 1941-1945 from Malaya to Balikpapan with many photos.
Faith, Hope And Charity [1974] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Kenneth Poolman Publisher: New English Library Limited
Comments: None written yet.
Far Above Battle [1994] ISBN: 1863735186 Area: Worldwide By: Margaret Barter Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Experiences and memories of Australian soldiers in war 1939-1945.
Fear Drive My Feet [1992] ISBN: 0140172564 Area: Pacific By: Peter Ryan Publisher: Penquin Books Australia Ltd
Comments: Author's account of patrolling remote, enemy-infiltrated parts of New Guinea and returning to Allied lines with the incredible help & loyalty of the native New Guineans.
Field Guide To The Kokoda Track [2006] ISBN: 977570401 Area: Pacific By: Bill James Publisher: Kokoda Press
Comments: None written yet.
Fight Or Flight [1996] ISBN: 0380780194 Area: Worldwide By: Geoffrey Regan Publisher: Avon Books
Comments: Courage under fire in numerous battles.
Fighter [1984] ISBN: 0586046119 Area: Europe By: Len Deighton Publisher: Triad / Panther Books
Comments: Story of the Battle of Britain.
Fighter Aces Of World War II [1978] ISBN: 0552107832 Area: Worldwide By: Robert Jackson Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Comments: True stories of fourteen World War 2 top fighter pilots.
Fighter Pilot [2001] ISBN: 0304363391 Area: Europe By: Paul Richey Publisher: Orion Publishing
Comments: Journal of an Allied fighter pilot over Europe up to Dunkirk.
Fighters From The Fringe [1995] ISBN: 0855752866 Area: Worldwide By: Robert A. Hall Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
Comments: Stories by Aborigines and Torres Straits Islanders who served in World War 2.
Fighters In The Sky [1976] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Aidan Chambers Publisher: MacMillan Education Limited
Comments: True stories of World War 2 fighter pilots.
Fighting The Enemy [2000] ISBN: 0521782228 Area: Worldwide By: Mark Johnston Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Comments: How Australian soldiers interacted with enemy troops and their attitudes.
Final Patrol [2006] ISBN: 0451219511 Area: Worldwide By: Don Keith Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Comments: True stories of World War 2 submarines (16 U.S. Gato/Balao/Tench classes) & U-505 (German) which are open to the public in the United States.
Fire Over The Islands : Coast Watchers Of The Solomons [post1968] ISBN: 0589070894 Area: Pacific By: D.C. Horton Publisher: Reed
Comments: Coastwatchers of the Solomon Islands.
Flak [2008] ISBN: 9780330424080 Area: Worldwide By: Michael Veitch Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Bomber, fighter, rear gunner, bomb aimer, etc stories.
Flames In The Sky [1952] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Pierre Clostermann Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Comments: Descriptions of different aircraft used in World War 2.
Foo A Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun [1993] ISBN: 0929398467 Area: Asia By: Frank Fujita Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Comments: Diary-based account by 1 of only 2 Japanese-American P.O.W. (J). US artilleryman, P.O.W. Java 1942 then Japan. Worked shipbuilding & propaganda radio. Saw Tokyo bombings close up.
Forever Forward : The History Of The 2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion, 2nd AIF 1940-45 [2002] ISBN: 1876439335 Area: Worldwide By: John Laffin Publisher: 2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion Association (N.S.W. Branch)
Comments: Unit history of the 2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion which served in England, Syria, New Guinea and Borneo in battles such as Merdjayoun, Damour, Lae, Nadzab, Shaggy Ridge, Balikpapan, etc.
Forgotten ANZACs [2009] ISBN: 9781921372759 Area: Europe By: Peter Ewer Publisher: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
Comments: The campaign in Greece, 1941.
Forgotten Fleet 2 [2004] ISBN: 0975168304 Area: Pacific By: Bill & Ruth Lunney Publisher: Forfleet Publishing
Comments: Account of the small ships (trawlers, schooners, tug boats and ferry boats) crewed by Australian volunteers in the U.S. Army Small Ships Section in New Guinea.
Frogman V.C. [1957] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Ian Fraser Publisher: Angus & Robertson
Comments: Allied frogmen and weapons.
From Snow To Jungle [1987] ISBN: 0041580125 Area: Asia, Middle East, Pacific By: John Bellair Publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: History of 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion. 1st formation fought in Syria & Java. Most made P.O.W. on Burma Railway (Thailand end) then dispersed. Battalion reformed and fought in New Guinea.
From Tobruk To Borneo [2002] ISBN: 1877058009 Area: Africa, Middle East, Pacific By: Frank G. Perversi Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing
Comments: Frank Perversi saw service in England, Tobruk, Lebanon, El Alamein, Lae, Finschafen, Shaggy Ridge and Balikpapan.
General Kenney Reports [1987] ISBN: 0912799447 Area: Asia, Pacific By: George C. Kenney Publisher: Office of Air Force History
Comments: Blow by blow description of U.S.A.F. Fifth Air Force in the Pacific through to fall of Japan.
General Vasey's War [1992] ISBN: 0522846904 Area: Asia, Europe, Pacific By: David Horner Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Comments: Biography of Australian General Vasey, Commander of 7th Division in New Guinea.
God Is My Co-pilot [1970] ISBN: 345020022075 Area: Asia By: Robert L. Scott Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc
Comments: Colonel Scott's exploits as group commander of General Chennault's fighter forces over the Burma Road and enemy occupied China.
Gona's Gone [1994] ISBN: 1863736379 Area: Pacific By: Peter Brune Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Battle for the Beach head 1942.
Green Armour [1972] ISBN: 0858850079 Area: Pacific By: Osmar White Publisher: Wren Publishing Pty Ltd
Comments: Reporter's account on the frontline in Kokoda, New Guinea and New Georgia, Guadalcanal.
Guadalcanal : The First Offensive : The War In The Pacific [1993] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: John Miller, Jr Publisher: National Historical Society
Comments: U.S. Army in World War 2.
Guests Of The Emperor [2012] ISBN: 9781477281147 Area: Asia By: Jean Newland Publisher: AuthorHouse
Comments: Stories of Allied P.O.W.s in Rangoon Jail, Burma during World War 2.
H.M. Corvette [1942] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Nicholas Monsarrat Publisher: Cassell and Company Ltd
Comments: Experiences of the hardworking corvettes. To quote 'Corvettes would roll on wet grass'.
H.M. Small Ships [1961] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Warren Armstrong Publisher: Panther Books
Comments: The men and ships of the British Coastal Forces (Dunkirk, Dieppe and North Sea).
H.M. U-boat [1960] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: John D. Drummond Publisher: Panther Books
Comments: The capture of U-570 by a British aircraft before being renamed H.M.S. Graph and used against the Axis wolf packs.
H.M.A.S. [1942] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Serving personnel of the Royal Australian Navy Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories and commentary of the Royal Australian Navy at war 1939 to 1942.
H.M.A.S. Mk. II : The R.A.N.'s Second Book [1943] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Serving personnel of the Royal Australian Navy Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories and commentary of the Royal Australian Navy at war 1942 to September 1943.
H.M.A.S. Mk. III : The R.A.N.'s Third Book [1944] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Serving personnel of the Royal Australian Navy Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories and commentary of the Royal Australian Navy at war September 1943 to September 1944.
H.M.A.S. Mk. IV : The R.A.N.'s Fourth Book [1945] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Serving personnel of the Royal Australian Navy Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories and commentary of the Royal Australian Navy at war September 1944 to peace.
Hell Under The Rising Sun [2008] ISBN: 9781585446353 Area: Asia By: Kelly E. Crager Publisher: Texas A & M University Press
Comments: Texan Battalion fought alongside Australians on Java then became P.O.W. Most to Burma Railway, Burma end with Australians. Majority with No. 5 Branch. Then dispersed.
Hellfire [2005] ISBN: 9780330423083 Area: Asia By: Cameron Forbes Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Account of Australian P.O.W.s of the Japanese across Asia and in particular the Burma Railway.
Hell's Heroes [2010] ISBN: 9780732289850 Area: Pacific By: Roger Maynard Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Australia P/L
Comments: The forgotten story of the worst P.O.W. camp in Japan, Camp 4-B.
Heroes All [1941] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Collie Knox Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Comments: Stories of the British Army, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Bomb disposal squad and civilians between 1939 and 1941.
Heroes of the Winchelsea District Volume Two World War 2 [2002] ISBN: 095907032X Area: Worldwide By: Nancy Mawson, Christine Alsop & Robin Mawson Publisher: Snap Printing Geelong
Comments: A page per serviceman or woman from Winchelsea area and general information on World War 2.
Heroes Of Tobruk [2008] ISBN: 9781741690774 Area: Africa By: David Mulligan Publisher: Scholastic Press
Comments: Introduction to the saga of Tobruk.
Heroic Australian Women In War [2004] ISBN: 0732276691 Area: Worldwide By: Susanna De Vries Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Comments: Exploits of Australian women in both World Wars.
Hidden Horrors : Japanese War Crimes In World War II [1996] ISBN: 0813327172 Area: Pacific By: Yuki Tanaka Publisher: Westview Press
Comments: P.O.W.s worked to death on the Burma Railway, murdered after the Sandakan Death Marches, captured Allied nurses used as prostitutes for soldiers and other Japanese war crimes.
High Command [1992] ISBN: 1863733337 Area: Worldwide By: David Horner Publisher: Allen Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Political background and decision making of the Australian contribution to World War 2.
His Majesty's Minesweepers [1943] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Ministry Of Information Publisher: London : His Majesty's Stationery Office
Comments: History of mine use and the minesweepers that removed the menace to shipping.
History Of Changi [1988] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: H. A. Probert Publisher: Changi Prison, Singapore
Comments: History of Changi from swamp to modern airbase.
History Of The Second World War [1970] ISBN: 0304935646 Area: Worldwide By: B. H. Liddell Hart Publisher: Cassell
Comments: Overview of World War II by ex-WW I officer- turned-writer interested in military strategy and, reputedly, not afraid to differ from the establishment.
Hold Hard, Cobbers : Volume Two 1930-1990 [1991] ISBN: 646040995 Area: To add By: Robin S. Corfield Publisher: 57/60th Battalion (AIF) Association
Comments: None written yet.
Holidaying On The Continent [2009] ISBN: 9780980567427 Area: Europe By: Richard Munro Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Story of Jim Munro as Lancaster bomb aimer over Europe until the plane was shot down and he became P.O.W. until end of war.
Hunted : A Coastwatcher's Story [1967] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: M. Murray Publisher: Rigby Limited (Adelaide)
Comments: Experiences of the Coastwatcher H. Murray in the Pacific.
Ike's Marines [2003] ISBN: 1876439815 Area: Pacific By: Stan and Les Brigg Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Unit history of 36th Australian Infantry Battalion 1939 - 1945 including New Guinea and New Britain.
Imperial Japan's World War Two 1931-1945 [2007] ISBN: 9780765803528 Area: Asia By: Werner Gruhl Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Comments: An American looks at the effect Japanese invasions and occupations had on other Asian nations.
In The Footsteps Of Ghosts [1999] ISBN: 1865081450 Area: Africa, Pacific By: Bill Spencer Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Story of a 2/9 Battalion soldier who fought in Africa, New Guinea and Borneo.
In The Line Of Fire [2007] ISBN: 9780330422475 Area: Worldwide By: Rex Sadler & Tom Hayllar Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Real stories of Australians at war from Gallipoli to Vietnam.
In The Shadow of Death [2005] ISBN: 1844152464 Area: Asia By: Idris James Barwick Publisher: Pen & Sword
Comments: Barwick, a P.O.W. (J), was a British medical orderly at Changi and with F Force on the Burma Railway in Thailand. Afterwards he remained at Kanburi until April 1944 & then returned to Changi.
Independent Company [1989] ISBN: 0858593408 Area: Pacific By: Bernard Callinan Publisher: William Heinemann Australia
Comments: Australian Army in Timor 1941 - 1943 guerilla warfare.
Intercept : The Enigma War [1981] ISBN: 0417056400 Area: Worldwide By: Jozef Garlinski Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
Comments: History of the German coding machine Enigma and the cracking of the codes by Polish and French cryptanalysts.
Into The Smother [1993] ISBN: 0140175148 Area: Pacific By: Ray Parkin Publisher: Penguin Books
Comments: Second of 3 books about author's experiences as P.O.W. of the Japanese after his ship H.M.A.S. Perth was sunk. This book covers his time on the Burma Railway. (Thailand end with Dunlop.) Based on diary.
Invading Australia [2008] ISBN: 9780670029259 Area: Asia By: Peter Stanley Publisher: Viking
Comments: Author considers whether Japan intended to invade Australia and reasons for answers to this question.
Island Fighting [1981] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Rafael Steinberg Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: Description of the island fighting by the Allies in the Pacific with many photos.
Islanders In Kitbags [1985] ISBN: 0902550187 Area: Europe By: Richard Allisette Publisher: The Guernsey Press Company Ltd
Comments: Men and women of Guernsey who fought for the liberation.
Jane's Warships Of World War II [1996] ISBN: 0004708725 Area: Worldwide By: Bernard Ireland Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
Comments: Descriptions and photos of numerous classes of different types of ships.
Java Rabble [2008] ISBN: 9780859054195 Area: Asia By: Fred Skeels Publisher: Hesperian Press
Comments: H.M.A.S. Perth survivor taken P.O.W. in Java. Via Singapore to Burma Railway (Burma end, No. 5 Group). Then Tamarkan, via Saigon and Singapore to Japan. Coalmines at Camp 22, Fukuoka, Japan.
Johnny Gurkha [1985] ISBN: 043647512X Area: Pacific By: E. D. Smith Publisher: Leo Cooper
Comments: Background to the formation of the Brigade of Gurkhas in the British Army from the tribesmen of Nepal.
Jungle Warfare : With The Australian Army In The South-west Pacific [1944] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Official publication Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Collection of stories and commentary by Australian soldiers involved in south west Pacific jungle warfare.
Keep the Men Alive [2009] ISBN: 9781741757385 Area: Asia By: Rosalind Hearder Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Australian P.O.W. (J) doctors in captivity, the means they used to keep the men alive & the effects of the experience on them.
Kent Hughes A Biography [1972] ISBN: 0333139097 Area: Asia By: Frederick Howard Publisher: Macmillan
Comments: 4 of 24 chapters cover his war service in Singapore and time as a POW in Singapore, Formosa and Manchuria.
Khaki Green : With The Australian Army At Home And Overseas [1943] ISBN: No Area: Middle East, Pacific By: Members of the Services Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian Army in the Middle East and South-west Pacific.
Kill The Tiger [2007] ISBN: 9781905379392 Area: Asia By: Peter Thompson & Robert Macklin Publisher: Maverick House Publishers
Comments: The truth behind commando Operation Rimau at Singapore.
Kinkaseki : One Day At A Time [2000] ISBN: 0620254416 Area: Asia By: Arthur Titherington Publisher: Covos Day Books
Comments: British P.O.W.'s account of 1,300 days in a Japanese slave labour camp.
Kitoski Bakaro! Attention, Fool! [1998] ISBN: 157168171X Area: Asia By: William J. Weissinger, Jr Publisher: Eakin Press, Austin, Texas
Comments: How U.S.S. Houston sailor made shore. P.O.W. Java. Bicycle Camp, Changi, Burma Railway No.5 Branch, Thailand Kanburi area, Railway maintenance stint, released near Bangkok & returned home.
Kokoda [2004] ISBN: 0732276934 Area: Pacific By: Paul Ham Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
Comments: Campaign on the Kokoda Track.
Kokoda [2004] ISBN: 0733616151 Area: Pacific By: Peter FitzSimons Publisher: Hodder Headline Australia
Comments: Campaign on the Kokoda Track.
Kokoda Track : 101 Days [2007] ISBN: 9781876372965 Area: Pacific By: Peter Macinnis Publisher: Black Dog Books
Comments: Description of the Kokoda Track battle more as an introduction / for younger readers.
Kura! [1966] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Cornel Lumiere Publisher: Jacaranda Press
Comments: Lumiere was taken P.O.W. of the Japanese with the Dutch Army in Sumatra. He was sent to Burma, where he became interpreter for No. 3 Branch P.O.W.s.
Kurrah! [1991] ISBN: 064604415X Area: Asia By: FWG Publisher: R.J. & S.P. Austin, Australia
Comments: P.O.W. experiences of author, sapper, 2/12 Field Coy, A.I.F. After Changi with D force to Burma Rail, Thai end; survived cholera; to Japan per 'Byoki' Maru & worked at the mines.
Largely A Gamble [1995] ISBN: 0642226040 Area: Middle East By: Jim McAllester & Syd Trigellis-Smith Publisher: Australian Army
Comments: Account of the 1941 Battle for Syria. Both authors ex-Army, McAllester served in Syria.
Last Man Out [1989] ISBN: 1852232315 Area: Asia By: H. Robert Charles Publisher: The Crowood Press
Comments: Story of Dr Henri Hekking, Dutch doctor on Burma Railway, taken P.O.W. in Timor where he had to leave his wife and 2 children. Author survived sinking of U.S.S. Houston.
Legacies Of Our Fathers [2005] ISBN: 0734408773 Area: Asia By: Carolyn Newman Publisher: Thomas C. Lothian P/L
Comments: Stories told by sons and daughters of Japanese P.O.W.s about their fathers.
Lest We Forget [1986] ISBN: 0727020870 Area: Australia By: Peter Sekuless and Jacqueline Rees Publisher: Rigby Publishers
Comments: History of the Returned Services League (R.S.L.) from 1916 to 1986.
Letters To Wendy [2003] ISBN: 0646427725 Area: Worldwide By: Len Lemke Publisher: Len Lemke
Comments: Letters Lemke wrote to his daughter about his Army experiences with 2/29 Bn, 2/2 Mg Bn and as a P.O.W. with F Force.
Lifeline [1999] ISBN: 1861761007 Area: Worldwide By: Peter Elphick Publisher: Chatham Publishing
Comments: Allied Merchant Navy at war 1939 to 1945.
Lilliput Fleet [1976] ISBN: 450025438 Area: Europe By: A. Cecil Hampshire Publisher: New English Library Limited
Comments: The drifters and trawlers who defended British harbours and coastal convoys against impossible odds.
Line Of Lost Lives [1996] ISBN: 0951366602 Area: Asia By: J. S. Cosford Publisher: Gryphon Books
Comments: British P.O.W.'s account of the Burma Railway.
Lonely Vigil [1977] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Walter Lord Publisher: The Viking Press
Comments: Coastwatchers of the Solomon Islands.
Lonely Warrior [1956] ISBN: 0600355381 Area: Europe By: Victor Houart Publisher: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd
Comments: Story based on real diaries written by a Battle of Britain pilot who was killed .
Lost - But Not Forgotten [2002] ISBN: 0957777728 Area: Australia By: Keith Shegog Publisher: Single X Publications
Comments: In memory of the 645 lost in the sinking of H.M.A.S. Sydney II on 19/11/1941.
Luftwaffe Encore [1979] ISBN: 0718300777 Area: Europe By: Kenneth Wakefield Publisher: William Kimber & Co. Limited
Comments: A study of 2 separate Luftwaffe attacks on the Bristol Aeroplane Company at Filton near Bristol 2 days apart in September 1940 .
Machine Gunners [2007] ISBN: 1876439831 Area: Australia, Pacific By: John Campbell Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Unit history of 6 Machine Gun Battalion, A.I.F. 1942-1944.
Malta Convoy [1969] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Peter Shankland and Anthony Hunter Publisher: Collins
Comments: The incredible story of the Malta relief convoy of Operation Pedestal.
Massacre At Parit Sulong [1995] ISBN: 0864177321 Area: Asia By: Gilbert Mant Publisher: Kangaroo Press
Comments: Account of this massacre during the defence of Malaya and what happened to those who were there.
Matilda Waltzes With The Tommies [1944] ISBN: No Area: Middle East By: Mary Kent Hughes Publisher: Oxford University Press
Comments: War-time travels and service in the Middle East of an Australian woman doctor enlisted with British Army.
McIndoe's Army [1981] ISBN: 0722144881 Area: Europe By: Peter Williams & Ted Harrison Publisher: Sphere Books Ltd
Comments: Sir Archibald McIndoe, a plastic surgeon, operated on badly burnt airmen who would have otherwise died. They became members of a supportive community called the Guinea Pig Club.
Men Of The Line [2005] ISBN: 1876439289 Area: Asia By: Gordon Nelson Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Author taken P.O.W. in Singapore. Burma Railway (Burma end, No.3 Branch). Then Tamarkan, Nakom Paton, Chungkai, Wampo, Tarsau and Tamuan.
Merchantmen At War [1944] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Ministry Of Information Publisher: London : His Majesty's Stationery Office
Comments: Story of the Merchant Navy 1939 to 1944.
Mighty Midgets [1946] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: John F. Moyes Publisher: Halstead Press Pty Ltd
Comments: Story of Australia'a little ships : the corvettes, boom vessels, sub-chasers, survey ships and minesweepers.
Milne Bay 1942 [2000] ISBN: 0646054058 Area: Pacific By: Clive Baker & Greg Knight Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Detailed description of the Battle of Milne Bay, New Guinea in 1942 and the units involved.
Milne Bay Radar [2001] ISBN: 1876439602 Area: Pacific By: Timothy G. Jones Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Unit history of the No.37 Radar Station 1942 - 1945 including during the battle of Milne Bay in New Guinea.
Missionary Turns Spy [1989] ISBN: 0731670450 Area: Pacific By: A. P. H. Freund Publisher: Lutheran Homes Incorporated
Comments: Pastor A. P. H. Freund's story of his service with the New Guinea Coast Watchers in the war against Japan 1942-43.
Moon Squadron [1956] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Jerrard Tickell Publisher: Allan Wingate (Publishers) Limited
Comments: Special Operations Executive missions over Europe.
Morotai [1989] ISBN: 0897451244 Area: Pacific By: John Boeman Publisher: Sunflower University Press
Comments: Memoirs of bombing raids over New Guinea, Borneo and Korea.
Mud And Blood [1978] ISBN: 959686711 Area: Africa, Pacific By: Pat Share Publisher: Heritage Book Publications
Comments: Unit history of "Albury's Own", 2/23 Australian Infantry Battalion. The unit fought at Tobruk, El Alamein, Lae, Nadzab, Busu River, Finschhafen, Sattelberg & Wareo.
Mud Over Blood [2006] ISBN: 0958106037 Area: Pacific By: Carl Johnson & Owen Jenkin Publisher: Jenkin Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Stories from the 39th Infantry Battalion 1941-43, Kokoda to Gona.
Muzzle Blast [2002] ISBN: 0959483209 Area: Africa, Pacific By: Bill Oakes Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Six years of war with the 2/2 Australian Machine Gun Battalion A.I.F.
My Life with the Samurai [1996] ISBN: 0864178123 Area: Asia By: Anthony Cowling Publisher: Kangaroo Press
Comments: Young British/Singaporean joined R.A.F. Singapore; escaped to Java. Made P.O.W. Worked in Indonesian slave labour camps on Java, Haruku, Ambon & Muna.
My Side Of The Kwai [2001] ISBN: 0731810112 Area: Asia By: Les Atkinson Publisher: Kangaroo Press
Comments: Reminiscences of an Australian P.O.W. of the Japanese.
My War [2004] ISBN: 0733314635 Area: Pacific By: Brian Wadpole Publisher: ABC Books
Comments: Z Special Unit member who served in Borneo with the headhunting Sea Dyaks.
Nancy Wake [2002] ISBN: 0732269199 Area: Europe By: Peter FitzSimons Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
Comments: Biography of Australia's greatest war heroine known to the Germans as the White Mouse.
Neither Hero Nor Coward [1997] ISBN: 0646308882 Area: Middle East, Pacific By: Kevin Nolan (2/2 Pioneer) Publisher: Mary A. Bingham
Comments: Autobiography. Nearly 200 of 271 pages are author's war diary. He was a 2/2 Pioneer. Fought Syria & Java. POW. To Burma Railway, Burma end, No.3 Branch, then Kanburi & Nakom Paton.
Never Late [2005] ISBN: 1876439475 Area: Africa, Pacific By: Gordon Dickens Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Unit history of 2/9 Australian Infantry Battalion 1939-1945.
New Guinea : The Tide Is Stemmed [1971] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: John Vader Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc
Comments: Description of the war from Pearl Harbour to the capture of New Guinea by the Allies.
New Guinea 1942-44 [1981] ISBN: 0454003218 Area: Pacific By: Timothy Hall Publisher: Methuen Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: New Guinea battles of Rabaul through to Wewak.
New Guinea Diary [1944] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: George H. Johnston Publisher: Angus & Robertson Ltd
Comments: Account of events in New Guinea Jan 1942 to Jan 1943.
New Guinea Machine Gunners [2013] ISBN: 9780987238726 Area: Pacific By: John Campbell Publisher: Galloping Press
Comments: Unit history of 7 Australian Machine Gun Battalion from formation to disbanding. Includes involvement in Port Moresby defence, Battles of Wau & Milne Bay.
Night Action [1976] ISBN: 0552102245 Area: Europe By: Peter Dickens Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Comments: Account of Captain Peter Dickens as commander of the 21st MTB Flotilla during 1942-43 in the North Sea and English Channel.
Nippon Very Sorry - Many Men Must Die [1990] ISBN: 0864391129 Area: Worldwide By: Queensland Ex-POW Reparation Committee Publisher: Boolarong Publications
Comments: Submission to Human Rights Commission of U.N. Organisation claiming reparations from Government of Japan on behalf of Australian Ex-P.O.W.s. Includes Japanese map of Railway.
No Lost Battalion [2005] ISBN: 0957975287 Area: Asia By: John Lack Publisher: Slouch Hat Publications
Comments: Oral history of the 2/29 Battalion in Malaya, Singapore and on the Burma Railway.
No Mandalay, No Maymyo (79 Survive) [2001] ISBN: 1857765206 Area: Pacific By: Gerald Fitzpatrick Publisher: The Book Guild Ltd
Comments: Author describes events as a soldier in the British Army during the Burma Campaign.
No Memory For Pain [1970] ISBN: 0855610077 Area: Worldwide By: F. Kingsley Norris Publisher: William Heinemann Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Autobiography of A.A.M.C. doctor who served in Syria (references to Litani, Merdjayoun, Damour, garrison after ceasefire and P.O.W.s being returned from France), New Guinea (Kokoda and Shaggy Ridge) during WWII and in the Korean War.
No.6 OTU, Base Torpedo Unit, And R.A.A.F. Beaufort Torpedo Operations [1999] ISBN: 0958721823 Area: Pacific By: John Lever Publisher: John Lever
Comments: Aerial torpedo history of the unit.
North Queensland WWII 1942-1945 [1988] ISBN: 9311662086587 Area: Australia By: P. D. Wilson Publisher: Government Printing Office
Comments: Describes the military forces based in Queensland during world war 2 and their effects on the areas.
Not As A Duty Only [1976] ISBN: 0522841066 Area: Africa, Europe, Middle East, Pacific By: Henry Gullett Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Comments: Story of a soldier in the North Africa, Middle East, Greece, Normandy, New Guinea and Borneo.
Of Love And War [UNKNOWN] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Philippa Poole Publisher: Lansdowne Press
Comments: The letters & diaries of Captain Adrian Curlewis & his family 1939-45. Curlewis was at Changi & with F Force. His mother was authoress Ethel Turner.
On All Fronts [1989] ISBN: 0702221600 Area: Worldwide By: J. T. Laird Publisher: University Of Queensland Press
Comments: Stories drawn from different books. Sections include New Guinea, Changi and F Force in Burma.
On Guard [1954] ISBN: No Area: Australia By: Volunteer Defence Corps Publisher: Halstead Press, Sydney
Comments: Stories of the Australian Volunteer Defence Corps.
On Shaggy Ridge [2005] ISBN: Area: Pacific By: Phillip Bradley Publisher: Oxford University Press
Comments: Describes the bitter battle for Shaggy Ridge in the Ramu Valley, New Guinea.
On Target : With The American And Australian Anti-aircraft Brigade In New Guinea [1943] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Members of the Services Publisher: Angus & Robertson Ltd
Comments: Stories of the American and Australian Anti-aircraft Brigade In New Guinea.
On The Home Front [1990] ISBN: 0195531264 Area: Australia By: Kate Darian-Smith Publisher: Oxford
Comments: Melbourne in wartime 1939-45: work, housing, family, entertainment, morality, and the Americans.
One Day In A Very Long War [1999] ISBN: 0712674659 Area: Worldwide By: John Ellis Publisher: Pimlico
Comments: WWII worldwide situation from both Allies and Axis viewpoints on Wednesday 25/10/1944.
One Fourteenth Of An Elephant [2003] ISBN: 0330364634 Area: Asia By: Ian Denys Peek Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Japanese P.O.W. diary on Burma Railway.
One Man's War [1982] ISBN: 1405035773 Area: Asia By: Stan Arneil Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Diary of Changi and the Burma-Thailand Railway kept by the author (Australian Army Sergeant).
One Of Our Submarines [1953] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Edward Young Publisher: Rupert Hart-Davis
Comments: Sailor's story of his time in submarines during WWII.
Ordinary Heroes [1999] ISBN: 1864981032 Area: Worldwide By: Barry Dickins Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Comments: Personal recollections of Australians at war.
Our Home Front 1939-45 [1995] ISBN: 1863502033 Area: Australia By: Andrew Bolt Publisher: Herald Sun
Comments: Excerpts from The Herald and The Sun News Pictorial from 2 September 1939 to 15 August 1945.
Out Sweeps! [1979] ISBN: 450044688 Area: Europe By: Paul Lund & Harry Ludlam Publisher: New English Library Limited
Comments: Stories of the trawlers hastily converted to Naval minesweepers.
Pacific Fury [2008] ISBN: 9781741667080 Area: Worldwide By: Peter Thompson Publisher: William Heinemann
Comments: An overview of the Pacific War from an Australian perspective.
Pacific Victory [UNKNOWN] ISBN: No Area: Asia, Pacific By: Hugh Buggy Publisher: Ministry for Information
Comments: A history of Australia's part in the war against Japan.
Pacific War Odyssey [1995] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Ron Leech Publisher: UNKNOWN
Comments: Summary of the Pacific War from Japanese Peking invasion to atomic bombing of Japan.
Papua New Guinea Battlefields [1974] ISBN: 0851796931 Area: Pacific By: David Holdsworth Publisher: Rigby Limited
Comments: Various photos of battlefields and war relics in Papua New Guinea (present day).
Peter Charlie : The Cruise Of The PC477 [1982] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Art Bell Publisher: Courtroom Compendiums
Comments: Voyage of U.S.N. PC477 to Guadalcanal, Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines during World War 2.
Pictorial History Of Australia At War 1939-45 : Volume IV [1959] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Charles Meeking Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Many pictures of the campaigns involving Australian soldiers from 1943 onwards.
Pilgrimage : A Traveller's Guide To Australia's Battlefields [2006] ISBN: 1863953876 Area: Worldwide By: Garrie Hutchinson Publisher: Black Incorporated
Comments: Traveller's guide to Australia's battlefields worldwide and encompassing all wars with descriptions and photos past and present.
Popski's Private Army [1975] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Vladimir Peniakoff Publisher: Mayflower Books Ltd
Comments: Vladimir Peniakoff's operatives who operated behind enemy lines in North Africa and Italy.
Port Moresby Yesterday And Today [1970] ISBN: 0858070006 Area: Pacific By: Ian Stuart Publisher: Pacific Publications (Aust.) Pty Ltd
Comments: History of the town from beginning to 1970 and including World War 2 details.
Prisoner Of Two Wars [2001] ISBN: 1862545545 Area: Europe, Asia By: Sherriff Probert & John Probert Publisher: Wakefield Press
Comments: Biography of John Moule Probert, British Army & R.A.F. World War 1. P.O.W. of the Germans. A.I.F. 2/15 Field Regiment in defence of Malaya. P.O.W. of Japanese at Singapore & Sandakan.
Prisoner Of War [1973] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Clyde Fillmore Publisher: Nortex Publications Texas USA
Comments: Account by US artillery officer made P.O.W. (J) on Java. Sent with No.5 Branch to Burma. After Burma Railway completed went to Tamarkan, Chungkai and Kanburi.
Prisoners Of The Japanese [2008] ISBN: 9781921215919 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Gavan Daws Publisher: Scribe Publications
Comments: Experiences of P.O.W.s in Japanese captivity in the Pacific.
Prisoners Of War : Australians Under Nippon [1985] ISBN: 0642527369 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Hank Nelson Publisher: ABC Enterprises
Comments: Story of P.O.W.s from fall of Singapore, being on the Burma Railway and to the conclusion of the war.
Project Kingfisher [1995] ISBN: 0733304893 Area: Pacific By: Athol Moffitt Publisher: ABC Books
Comments: Story of the massacres of the Sandakan P.O.W.s in Borneo and the secret plan for a rescue that never happened.
Proud Echo [1953] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Ronald McKie Publisher: Angus & Robertson
Comments: Ten survivors from H.M.A.S. Perth tell of the Battle of Sunda Strait and how they became P.O.W. on Java.
Proudly We Served [2007] ISBN: 0980320445 Area: Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, Pacific By: Vince egan Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Unit history of 2/5 Australian General Hospital 1940-1945.
R.A.A.F. Log : The R.A.A.F. At War [1943] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Members of the Services Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian services during World War 2.
R.A.A.F. Saga : The R.A.A.F. At War [1944] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Members of the Services Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian services during World War 2.
RAAF Flying Boats At War : The Way It Was [2004] ISBN: 1876439483 Area: Europe, Pacific By: Joe Leach Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Pilot of Sunderlands in 10 Squadron in Europe and Catalinas in the 113 Air Sea Rescue Flight in Borneo.
RAF In Action 1939 - 1945 [2000] ISBN: 1873162820 Area: Worldwide By: Roy Conyers Nesbit Publisher: Bath Press Ltd, Glasgow
Comments: Description of R.A.F. widespread operations and numerous aerial photographs.
Railroad To Burma [1991] ISBN: 1863730087 Area: Asia By: James Boyle Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Story pieced together from the diaries kept by P.O.W. James Boyle from 23 April to 14 December 1943 of his time working on the Burma Railway.
Railway Of Hell [2002] ISBN: 0850528720 Area: Asia By: Reginald Burton Publisher: Leo Cooper
Comments: Officer of Royal Norfolks fought in defence of Singapore. P.O.W. with Australians; Changi, H Force Burma Railway, Thailand end; Tamarkan area; returned to Singapore.
Ralph Honner : Kokoda Hero [2007] ISBN: 9781741753721 Area: Worldwide By: Peter Brune Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Biography of Ralph Honner.
Ray Parkin [2005] ISBN: 0522851967 Area: Asia By: Ray Parkin Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing
Comments: A P.O.W.'s survival (drawn from Chapters 4 to 7 Into The Smother - same author).
Ray Parkin's Odyssey [2012] ISBN: 9781405039970 Area: Asia By: Pattie Wright Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: A P.O.W.'s survival, after the sinking of the H.M.A.S. Perth off Java, on the Burma Railway and Japan's coal mines.
Reach For The Sky : The Story Of Douglas Bader [1955] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Paul Brickhill Publisher: Colorgravure Publications
Comments: R.A.F. pilot who lost both legs in an aircraft accident in 1931 but again flew as a fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain until shot down over France and becoming P.O.W.
Recollections Of A Regimental Medical Officer [1983] ISBN: 0522842445 Area: Australia, Middle East, Pacific By: H. D. Steward Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Comments: Dr. Steward's experiences in Syria and on the Kokoda Track, New Guinea during World War 2.
Reconquest : New Guinea 1943-1944 [1944] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Australian Army Staff Publisher: Director General of Public Relations
Comments: Record of Australian Army successes at Lae, Finschhafen, Markham Valley, Ramu Valley, Huon Peninsula, Finisterre Mountains, Rai Coast, Bogadjim, Madang, Alexishafen, Karkar Island & Hansa Bay.
Record Of Service [1944] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Bruce Robinson Publisher: MacMillan & Company Ltd
Comments: Experiences of an Australian medical officer in the New Guinea Campaign.
Red Jungle [1957] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: John Cross Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
Comments: Story of British intelligence party cut-off in Malaya by Japanese advance from January 1942 until rescued in June 1945.
Remembering Weary [1996] ISBN: 0140269703 Area: Asia, Australia By: Margaret Geddes Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Ltd
Comments: Interviews with many people who knew the great Sir Weary Dunlop.
Remember Pearl Harbor! [1942] ISBN: 0935180494 Area: Pacific By: Blake Clark Publisher: Mutual Publishing Company, Hawaii
Comments: First eyewitness volume about the December 1941 attack.
Restore To Service [1999] ISBN: 1876439300 Area: Australia By: Walter Venn Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Unit history of 4 Repair and Salvage Unit (RSU) 1942-1944 and 4 Repair and Servicing Unit 1944-1946 - 482 Maintenance Squadron.
Retreat From Kokoda [1960] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Raymond Paull Publisher: Panther Books
Comments: Account of the battle over the Kokoda Track in New Guinea.
Return From The River Kwai [1989] ISBN: 0354044176 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Joan & Clay Blair Jr. Publisher: Penguin Books
Comments: 2218 'fit' British & Australian POWs chosen to go to Japan after Burma Railway built. Torpedoed en route. About 800 survived days in sea. About 650 rescued by Japanese & about 150 by US subs.
Reveille Souvenir Collector's Edition 2003 [2003] ISBN: 0975050605 Area: Worldwide By: Returned Services League Publisher: Emap Contract Publications
Comments: Numerous stories submitted by veterans and families of war experiences.
Rice And Radish [2008] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: John K. Lloyd Publisher: BookPOD
Comments: Daily diaries of a 2/29 Battalion soldier and A Force Burma Railway P.O.W.
Ring Of Fire [1983] ISBN: 0333356152 Area: Asia, Pacific By: D. C. Horton Publisher: MacMillan Company Of Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Australian guerrilla operations against the Japanese in World War 2.
Riviera To The Rhine : The European Theater [1995] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Jeffrey J. Clarke & Robert Ross Smith Publisher: National Historical Society
Comments: U.S. Army in World War 2.
Road To Hiroshima [1983] ISBN: No Area: Asia, Pacific By: Kenneth Harrison Publisher: Rigby
Comments: Autobiography of soldier of the 8th Division in Malaya who became P.O.W. and was sent to Singapore, Hellfire Pass (Burma Railway) and Nagasaki in Japan.
Rogue Warrior Of The SAS [1987] ISBN: 0099604507 Area: Africa, Europe By: Roy Bradford and Martin Dillon Publisher: Arrow Books Limited
Comments: Story of 'Paddy' Blair Mayne, the most decorated British soldier of World War 2 and member of the SAS.
Roof Over Britain : The Official Story Of The A.A Defences 1939-1942 [2001] ISBN: 0117025410 Area: Europe By: The Ministry of Information Publisher: The Stationery Office Ltd
Comments: The official story of the anti-aircraft defences of Britain 1939 - 1942.
Rough Infantry [1984] ISBN: 0949759058 Area: Africa, Middle East, Pacific By: Cam Bennett Publisher: Warrnambool Institue Press
Comments: History of 2/5 Infantry Battalion.
Salvos With The Forces [1995] ISBN: 0959951598 Area: Worldwide By: Walter Hull Publisher: The Salvation Army
Comments: Story of the Salvation Army Representatives on the battle front supporting the troops.
Samurais and Circumcisions [1985] ISBN: 0959008721 Area: Asia By: Leslie Poidevin Publisher: Leslie Poidevin
Comments: Memory-based account of P.O.W. (J) experiences of Australian doctor captured Timor & sent to Java. Covers many medical cases.
Sand Against The Wind [1991] ISBN: 0333564219 Area: Asia By: Barbara W. Tuchman Publisher: Papermac
Comments: General Stilwell and the American experience in China 1911-1945.
Sandakan [2013] ISBN: 9781864711417 Area: Asia By: Paul Ham Publisher: Random House Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Describes the Sandakan Death Marches to Ranau in Borneo in 1944. Out of 1000+ prisoners, only 6 survived.
Sandakan A Conspiracy of Silence [2006] ISBN: 1863512454 Area: Asia By: Lynette Ramsay Silver Publisher: Sally Milner Publishing
Comments: Conditions and massacre of Australian & British P.O.W.s at Sandakan. Botched rescue attempt & its Australian cover-up. Amazing detail considering so few survived.
Saving Australia [2006] ISBN: 0734409044 Area: Worldwide By: Bob Wurth Publisher: Lothian Books
Comments: Australian - Japanese relations just before and after World War II and the role played by Japan's first Minister to Australia.
SBS In World War Two [1985] ISBN: 0586064338 Area: Worldwide By: G. B. Courtney Publisher: Panther Books
Comments: Story of the original Special Boat Section of the Army Commandos.
Scrap Iron Flotilla [1943] ISBN: No Area: Africa By: John F. Moyes Publisher: N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Pty Ltd
Comments: Stories of H.M.A.S. Stuart, H.M.A.S. Voyager, H.M.A.S. Vampire, H.M.A.S. Vendetta and H.M.A.S. Waterhen serving in the Mediterranean Sea.
Secret Letters From The Railway [2004] ISBN: 1844151182 Area: Asia By: Brian Best Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Comments: The remarkable record of Charles Steel - a Japanese P.O.W.
Secrets Of Wartime Adventure [1980] ISBN: 0340252448 Area: Worldwide By: Gordon Hill Publisher: Knight Books
Comments: True espionage stories.
Seizure Of The Giberts And Marshalls : The War In The Pacific [1995] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Philip A. Crowl & Edmund G. Love Publisher: National Historical Society
Comments: U.S. Army in World War 2.
Service Most Silent [1976] ISBN: 856170704 Area: Europe By: J. F. Turner Publisher: White Lion Publishers
Comments: Exploits of the men who dismantled the live mines dropped around Britain and used the information gathered to devise counter measures. Many died in the attempt.
Ship Of Ghosts [2006] ISBN: 0553803905 Area: Asia By: James D. Hornfischer Publisher: Bantam Books
Comments: 63 chapters re U.S.S. Houston - 16 on sea battles, 43 on P.O.W. days. Survivors of sinking P.O.W. in Java. Few sent to Japan but most to Burma Railway, Burma end with Australians in Branches 3 and 5.
Ships From Hell : Japanese war Crimes On The High Seas [2002] ISBN: 750927194 Area: Pacific By: Raymond Lamont-Brown Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
Comments: Describes the Japanese hellships used to transport P.O.W.s under the most disgusting conditions imaginable & the ships' eventual fates.
Shot Down And On The Run [2003] ISBN: 1903365538 Area: Worldwide By: Graham Pitchfork Publisher: The National Archives
Comments: R.A.F. and Commonwealth aircrews who got home from behind enemy lines 1940-1945.
Signals : Story Of The Australian Corps Of Signals [1944] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Written and prepared by members of the Australian Corps of Signals Publisher: Halstead Press, Sydney
Comments: Story of the Australian Corps of Signals.
Silent Feet [1993] ISBN: 0646129031 Area: Asia, Pacific By: G.B Courtney MBE, MC Publisher: G. B. Courtney
Comments: History of operations of Z Special Unit behind Japanese lines 1942 - 1945.
Silent Warriors : Submarine Wrecks Of The United Kingdom Volume One [2006] ISBN: 075243876X Area: Europe By: Ron Young & Pamela Armstrong Publisher: Tempus Publishing Limited
Comments: Documents the loss of submarines from Northumberland to Kent during World War 1 & 2.
Silent Warriors : Submarine Wrecks Of The United Kingdom Volume Two [2009] ISBN: 9780752447896 Area: Europe By: Ron Young & Pamela Armstrong Publisher: Tempus Publishing Limited
Comments: Documents the loss of submarines from Sussex to the Isles of Scilly during World War 1 & 2.
Silent Warriors Of World War II [1995] ISBN: 0934793565 Area: Pacific By: Lance Q. Zedric Publisher: Pathfinder Publishing Of California
Comments: The Alamo Scouts behind Japanese lines.
Singapore : The Japanese Version [1960] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: (Colonel) Masanobu Tsuji Publisher: Mayflower-Dell
Comments: Tsuji was the officer primarily responsible for the planning and execution of the conquest of Malaya. This is a translation of his book on the subject.
Slaves Of The Samurai [1946] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: W. S. Kent Hughes Publisher: Oxford University Press
Comments: Kent Hughes account, in verse, of the surrender of Singapore and his P.O.W. days in Changi, Formosa, Japan, Korea and Manchuria.
Slaves Of The Son Of Heaven [1953] ISBN: No Area: Asia, Pacific By: R. H. Whitecross Publisher: Lake and Ashes
Comments: Story of an Australian P.O.W. of the Japanese 1942 to 1945.
Soldier Superb [1943] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Allan Dawes Publisher: F. H. Johnston Publishing Company
Comments: War reporter eye witness account of Australian soldiers in New Guinea and stories in their own words.
Soldiering On : The Australian Army At Home And Overseas [1942] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Members of the Services Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian Army during 1941 and 1942 (mainly).
Speedo! Speedo! [2001] ISBN: 095409140X Area: Pacific By: Bill Spalding Publisher: Majic Ink
Comments: British P.O.W. personal experiences from Battle of Singapore, capture & time on the Burma Railway.
Spy Ring Pacific [1958] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Allison Ind Publisher: Weidenfeld And Nicolson
Comments: Allied Intelligence Bureau's spy network across the Pacific and stories of the 164 who died, 75 who were captured and 178 whose fate is still unknown. 170 decorations were awarded to this unit.
Stand Easy : After The Defeat Of Japan, 1945 [1945] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Official publication Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian services during World War 2.
Summer Will Come Again [1987] ISBN: 0949206180 Area: Asia By: John Lane Publisher: Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Comments: Diary-based account of 2/4 Machine gunner made P.O.W. (J) Singapore. At Changi until May '43 then to Japan. Worked a variety of jobs in Kobe area until war's end.
Survival Against Odds [1983] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Ernest Charles William Corrie (2/2 Pioneer) Publisher: Golden Banner Printing Service, Castlemaine
Comments: 32p. Diary based. Author per 'Orcades' to Java. POW. Burma Railway with Dunlop, Thai end. Then Chungkai area. At war's end was at Pratchai, Thailand.
Survival On Ambon [2005] ISBN: 0646186159 Area: Asia By: Ailsa Rolley Publisher: Ailsa Rolley
Comments: 1st published 1994. Based on taped conversations with Les Hohl, a member of Gull Force.
Surviving Captivity [2010] ISBN: 9781921509964 Area: Worldwide By: R.W. Christie Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing
Comments: Campaign & P.O.W. (J), (F Force) diary of Bob Christie, 2/29 Bn. Editor John Lack integrated historical context with Bob's words.
Surviving The Sword [2005] ISBN: 1400064139 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Brian MacArthur Publisher: Random House
Comments: P.O.W. stories across numerous Japanese camps including Japan, Sandakan, Changi, the Burma Railway and the transport hellships.
Survivor On The River Kwai [2014] ISBN: 9780241965115 Area: Asia By: Reg Twigg Publisher: Penguin Books
Comments: Author was British P.O.W. of the the Japanese on the Burma Railway. He describes his survival.
Sword Beach : British 3rd Infantry Division / 27th Armoured Brigade [2001] ISBN: 0850526736 Area: Europe By: Tim Kilvert-Jones Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Comments: British 3rd Infantry Division's battle for the Normandy beachhead June 6 - 10, 1944.
Tail-end Charlies [2005] ISBN: 0141015047 Area: Europe By: John Nichol & Tony Rennell Publisher: Penguin Books
Comments: Last battles of the bomber war over Europe.
Taranto [1974] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Don Newton & A. Cecil Hampshire Publisher: New English Library Limited
Comments: The crippling of the Italian Fleet at Taranto by the Fleet Air Arm on 11/11/1940.
Ten Thousand Eyes [2001] ISBN: 1585742945 Area: Europe By: Richard Collier Publisher: Lyons Press
Comments: Story of the spy network that cracked Hitler's Atlantic Wall before D-Day.
Tenko on the River Kwai [1987] ISBN: 0949457124 Area: Asia By: Arnold Jordan Publisher: Regal Publications
Comments: Tasmanian, 2/4 C.C.S. & mates' P.O.W. experiences. A Force Tavoy, Thanbyuzayat, 30 Kilo Camp, near 3 Pagoda's Pass, Tamarkan, Chungkai, Tamuan. Home per ship Circassia. Background material.
The Albert Coates Story [1977] ISBN: 0908090013 Area: Asia By: Albert Coates and Newman Rosenthal Publisher: Hyland House Publishing Pty Limited
Comments: Biography of Albert Coates who was a doctor on the Burma Railway.
The Australian Army At War [1944] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Australian Army Staff Publisher: His Majesty's Stationery Office
Comments: Official record of service in two hemispheres 1939-1944 (thin booklet style).
The Australian Cruiser Perth 1939-1942 [2007] ISBN: 9781877058523 Area: Worldwide By: Ian Pfennigwerth Publisher: Rosenberg
Comments: History of the H.M.A.S. Perth from her purchase in 1939 to her sinking under enemy gunfire at Sunda Strait, Java, March 1942.
The Australians In Nine Wars [1972] ISBN: 070210659 Area: Worldwide By: Peter Firkins Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company
Comments: From Waikato to Long Tan.
The Bamboo Express [1979] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Benjamin Dunn Publisher: Adams Press, Chicago, Illinois
Comments: U.S. soldier taken P.O.W. Java. Via Singapore to Burma Railway, Burma end with No. 5 Branch. Then Tamarkan, Nakhon Pathom, Petburi and Nakhon Nayok.
The Battle For Singapore [2005] ISBN: 0749950854 Area: Asia By: Peter Thompson Publisher: Portrait Books
Comments: Description of the lead up to and actual battle resulting in the surrender of Singapore.
The Battle Of Brisbane [2000] ISBN: 0733308961 Area: Australia By: Peter A. Thompson & Robert Macklin Publisher: ABC Books
Comments: Conflict between Australian and American soldiers on the streets of Brisbane, Queensland.
The Battle Of Britain [1977] ISBN: 0809424584 Area: Europe By: Leonard Mosley Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: Battle of Britain story including background of damage and surrounding events.
The Battle Of Britain : August - October 1940 [2001] ISBN: 0117025364 Area: Europe By: Tim Coates Publisher: The Stationery Office Ltd
Comments: Reprint of official publication to explain the strategy and tactics of the air war over south-east England to the public.
The Battle Of The Atlantic [1977] ISBN: No Area: Europe, North America By: Barrie Pitt Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: Story of the Battle of the Atlantic involving U-boats, merchant ships, warships and aircraft.
The Battle Of Wau [ca1944] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Department of Information Publisher: Department of Information
Comments: Describes the battle of Wau in New Guinea.
The Blue Haze [1996] ISBN: 0864177860 Area: Asia By: Leslie Hall Publisher: Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd
Comments: Story of the men of 'A' Force who laboured on the Burma Railway from April 1942 to late 1943.
The Book Of The Spitfire [1946] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: John W. R. Taylor & Maurice F. Allward Publisher: The Harborough Publishing Company Ltd
Comments: Story of the Spitfire fighter aircraft from concept to use in many theatres of war.
The Bridge at Parit Sulong [2004] ISBN: 0949284653 Area: Asia By: Lynette Ramsay Silver Publisher: The Watermark Press
Comments: Detailed description of the massacre at Parit Sulong; the lead-up to it, survival of a few men and attempt to find the perpetrators to bring them to trial before the Allies opted for reconciliation with Japan.
The Broken Eighth : A History Of The 2/14th Australian Field Regiment [1997] ISBN: 0646316850 Area: Middle East, Pacific By: Ron Jackson Publisher: Clipper Press
Comments: History of the 2/14 Australian Field Regiment who were at Darwin, New Guinea and New Britain.
The Buccaneers [1970] ISBN: No Area: Europe, Pacific By: Bryan Cooper Publisher: MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd
Comments: Story of the little ships : MTB / PT boats.
The Burma-Siam Railway [1983] ISBN: 0901627267 Area: Asia By: Robert Hardie Publisher: Imperial War Museum
Comments: Secret diary of Dr. Robert Hardie 1942 to 1945.
The Burma-Thailand Railway [1993] ISBN: 1863734236 Area: Asia By: Gavan McCormack & Hank Nelson Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: An attempt to understand what happened on the Burma-Thailand Railway and why. Contributors are Australian ex-P.O.W.s, Japanese and Australian historians and a Korean guard.
The Burma-Thailand Railway Of Death [1981] ISBN: 0949847054 Area: Asia By: E. R. (Bon) Hall Publisher: Graphic Books
Comments: R.A.A.F. officer taken P.O.W. Java. Burma Railway. Relates story of numerous groups. Released Thailand. Well illustrated.
The Campaign In Burma [1957] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Frank Owen Publisher: Arrow Books Limited
Comments: Allied campaign in Burma including retreat and final victory.
The Campaigns Of The Pacific War [1946] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: U.S. Government Printing Office Publisher: To add
Comments: Campaigns of the Pacific war with charts and analysis.
The Changi Brownlow [2010] ISBN: 9780733624643 Area: Asia By: Roland Perry Publisher: Hachette
Comments: From the fighting in Malaya, through P.O.W. days at Changi & with F Force on the Burma Railway, the author uses the story of Changi Brownlow winner "Peter" Chitty, 2/2 Mg Bn, to describe the Pacific war.
The Coast Watchers [1946] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Eric Feldt Publisher: Oxford
Comments: History of the Coastwatchers of the Pacific by the man who started and ran the organisation.
The Coast Watchers [2010] ISBN: 9781741669244 Area: Pacific By: Patrick Lindsay Publisher: Random House Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Stories of the Coastwatchers of the Pacific.
The Coal-Scuttle Brigade [1958] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Alexander McKee Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Comments: Stories of the little ship convoys off England's south-east coast.
The Colonel Of Tamarkan [2006] ISBN: 074349573X Area: Asia By: Julie Summers Publisher: Pocket Books
Comments: Philip Toosey and the bridge over of the River Kwai.
The Compact Timeline Of Military History [2008] ISBN: 1903025737 Area: Worldwide By: A. A. Evans and David Gibbons Publisher: Worth Press Ltd.
Comments: Timeline of 5,000 years of warfare.
The Corvette Navy [1979] ISBN: 0708815960 Area: Europe, North America By: James B. Lamb Publisher: Futura Publications Limited
Comments: Stories of the Canadian corvettes protecting the Atlantic convoys.
The Cross And The Ensign [1994] ISBN: 0586055509 Area: Europe By: Peter Elliott Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
Comments: A naval history of Malta 1798-1979.
The Dam Busters [1953] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Paul Brickhill Publisher: Evans Brothers Ltd
Comments: Barnes Wallis invention of the bouncing bomb used by 617 Squadron (R.A.F.) to destroy dams in the Ruhr.
The Dam Busters [1983] ISBN: 0330376446 Area: Europe By: Paul Brickhill Publisher: Pan Books
Comments: Barnes Wallis invention of the bouncing bomb used by 617 Squadron (R.A.F.) to destroy dams in the Ruhr, V rocket launch sites and the Tirpitz battleship.
The Decisive Factor [1991] ISBN: 1875593012 Area: Pacific By: David Wilson Publisher: Banner Books
Comments: R.A.A.F. 75 and 76 squadrons at Port Moresby and Milne Bay in 1942.
The Devil's Brigade [1968] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Robert H. Adleman & Col. George Walton Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Comments: Criminals and army best were formed into a unit that never failed its objectives despite the cost and eventually was the basis of the Green Berets.
The Emperor's Codes [2001] ISBN: 055381320X Area: Asia, Pacific By: Michael Smith Publisher: Bantam Books
Comments: Story of the breaking of the Japanese codes by the Allies & the consequences for WW II.
The Eyes of Damien Parer [1963] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Frank Legg Publisher: Rigby Ltd
Comments: Biography of Damien Parer and some of his photos.
The Fall Of The Philippines : The War In The Pacific [1995] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Louis Morton Publisher: National Historical Society
Comments: U.S. Army in World War 2.
The Fifth Year Of War In Pictures [1949] ISBN: No Area: To add By: To add Publisher: Odhams Press Ltd
Comments: None written yet.
The Final Betrayal [2010] ISBN: 9781848840942 Area: Asia By: Mark Felton Publisher: Pen & Sword
Comments: British historian describes treatment of P.O.W.s (J) & situations of Mountbatten & MacArthur in Japanese occupied areas during WWII. Also how P.O.W. survival, war crimes trials & Japanese attitude to WWII were affected.
The Forgotten Dead [1989] ISBN: 0747504334 Area: Europe By: Ken Small Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd
Comments: Exercise Tiger disaster off Devon.
The Forgotten Highlander [2010] ISBN: 9781408702116 Area: Asia By: Alistair Urquhart Publisher: Little Brown
Comments: Experiences of Gordon Highlander P.O.W. (J) - Singapore, Kanyu, cholera, Chungkai. Returned to Singapore, survived sinking Kachidoku Maru & reached Japan. Effects on him post-war.
The Fourth Year Of War In Pictures [194?] ISBN: No Area: To add By: To add Publisher: Odhams Press Ltd
Comments: None written yet.
The French Resistance [1985] ISBN: 0330286579 Area: Europe By: Don Lawson Publisher: Pan Books
Comments: Stories of espionage and sabotage by the Underground.
The Frogmen [1953] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: T. J. Waldron & James Gleeson Publisher: Evans Brothers Ltd
Comments: Story of wartime underwater operators.
The Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels And Other Verses [ca1944] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: NX6925 Sapper Bert Beros Publisher: F. H. Johnston Publishing Company
Comments: Poems written mainly about units involved in the war in New Guinea.
The Ghost That Died At Sunda Strait [1989] ISBN: 0870212184 Area: Pacific By: W. G. Winslow, Capt, US Navy, Ret'd Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Comments: Story of U.S.S. Houston from August 1941 when author joined her as a scout plane pilot. Covers Battles of Flores Sea, Java Sea & Sunda Strait and how some crew survived her sinking.
The Greatest Raid Of All [2000] ISBN: 0330480707 Area: Europe By: C. E. Lucas Phillips Publisher: Pan Books
Comments: Allied commando raid (Operation Chariot) of St. Nazaire, France 28/03/1942 to destroy the Normandie dry dock by blowing up the H.M.S. Campbeltown against the lock gates.
The Gurkhas [2000] ISBN: 0747262438 Area: Worldwide By: John Parker Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
Comments: History of the fighting units of the Gurkhas from 1815 to beyond 2000.
The Hidden Chapters [1995] ISBN: 1875575227 Area: Pacific By: Robert Piper Publisher: Pagemasters Pty Ltd
Comments: Untold stories of Australians at war in the Pacific.
The Home Front Family Album [1991] ISBN: 1863021159 Area: Worldwide By: Sheena Coupe Publisher: Weldon
Comments: Timeline of World War 2 events with advertisements and photos of the time.
The Hotel Tacloban [1985] ISBN: 0207149992 Area: Pacific By: Douglas Valentine Publisher: Angus & Robertson Publishers
Comments: Experiences of a U.S. soldier captured in New Guinea and interned at "Hotel Tacloban" in the Philippines.
The Hunting Of Force Z [1964] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Richard Hough Publisher: Fontana Books
Comments: Destruction of British battleships Repulse and Prince of Wales north of Singapore 10/12/1941.
The Hurricane Story [1959] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Paul Gallico Publisher: Michael Joseph
Comments: Chronicle of the famous Hurricane fighter plane.
The Imperial Japanese Navy [1978] ISBN: 085059295X Area: Asia, , Pacific By: Paul S. Dull Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd
Comments: Battle history of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1941-1945.
The Intelligence War [2000] ISBN: 1567999581 Area: Worldwide By: Donald P. Steury Publisher: Michael Friedman Publishing Group Inc.
Comments: Background of the intelligence war.
The Japanese Army 1931-45 (2) 1942-45 [2002] ISBN: 9781841763545 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Philip Jowett Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Comments: Volume 2 showing 1942-1945 period of deployments, organisation, uniforms and equipment of Japanese Army and auxiliary units in Burma and the Pacific.
The Jungle Is Neutral [1950] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: F. Spencer Chapman, D.S.O. Publisher: The Reprint Society Ltd
Comments: The author survived the jungle for three and a half years, escaping from Chinese bandits and the Japanese to eventually emerge and be sent back to Malaya after a few months.
The Knights Of Bushido [1989] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Lord Russell Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company
Comments: A short history of Japanese war crimes.
The Kookaburra's Cut-throats Volume 1 [UNKNOWN] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: To add Publisher: To add
Comments: None written yet.
The Kookaburra's Cut-throats Volume 2 [1998] ISBN: 95857 Area: Pacific By: To add Publisher: To add
Comments: None written yet.
The Kookaburra's Cut-throats Volume 3 [UNKNOWN] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: To add Publisher: To add
Comments: None written yet.
The Last Patrol [2001] ISBN: 0905778634 Area: Pacific By: Harry Holmes Publisher: Wrens Park Publishing
Comments: Operational history of the 52 US submarines lost during World War 2.
The Liberty Ships [1970] ISBN: 0715349074 Area: Worldwide By: L. A. Sawyer & W. H. Mitchell Publisher: David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd
Comments: History of the "Emergency type" cargo ships constructed in the U.S.A. during World War 2.
The Line [2005] ISBN: 0975770810 Area: Asia By: Arch & Martin Flanagan Publisher: One Day Hill
Comments: Arch served with 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion in Syria and Java. He was a POW with Dunlop. 4 pieces he wrote are interspersed with his son's comments.
The Long Range Desert Group [2003] ISBN: 0850528062 Area: Africa, Europe By: David Lloyd Owen Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Comments: History of the Long Range Desert Group.
The Longest Day [1960] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Cornelius Ryan Publisher: Victor Gollancz
Comments: Story of D-Day in Normandy.
The Lost Ships Of Guadalcanal [1993] ISBN: 186373533X Area: Pacific By: Robert Ballard Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Comments: None written yet.
The Man Who Saved London [1960] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: George Martelli Publisher: Odhams (Watford) Ltd
Comments: Michel Hollard operated as an independent Allied agent after the fall of France in 1940 performing numerous missions including providing British Intelligence with the first plans of a V1 launch site and measurements of a German V1 rocket.
The March of Death [1967] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Stanley L. Falk Publisher: Horwitz Publications
Comments: Story of the Bataan death march of U.S. & Filipino soldiers.
The Mediterranean Theater : Pictorial Record [1995] ISBN: No Area: Africa, Europe By: National Historical Society Publisher: National Historical Society
Comments: U.S. Army in World War 2.
The Men Of The Line [2008] ISBN: 9780522854831 Area: Asia By: Pattie Wright Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing Ltd
Comments: Stories of the Burma Railway survivors.
The Missing Years [2009] ISBN: 9781877058776 Area: Asia By: Stu Lloyd Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd
Comments: Edited account by Captain Hugh Pilkington, Royal Norfolks. Malaya campaign; Alexandra Hospital massacre; Singapore; Burma Railway, Thai end, H Force; Kanburi; Singapore.
The Moon Seems Upside Down [1995] ISBN: 1863737642 Area: Asia By: Jim Mitchell (2/2 Pioneer) Publisher: Allen Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: The war letters of Jim Mitchell.
The Naked Island [1956] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Russell Braddon Publisher: Pan Books Ltd
Comments: Story of P.O.W.s from fall of Singapore to being on the Burma Railway.
The Navy Day By Day : Historic Naval Events In Australia And Abroad [1996] ISBN: 0864177879 Area: Worldwide By: Lew Wind Publisher: Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd
Comments: Diary style format of events.
The Navy In Darwin 1941-1943 : A Graphic Record From A Sailor's Sketchbooks With Photographs From The Early 1940s [1992] ISBN: 724526862 Area: Australia By: Pat Forster & Ted Egan Publisher: Museums And Art Galleries Of The Northern Territory
Comments: None written yet.
The Pacific War [2009] ISBN: 9780688016203 Area: Asia, Pacific By: John Costello Publisher: Harper Perennial
Comments: Describes the lead-up to the Pacific War and the political and military actions over its whole geographic area. 742 pages.
The Phantom Major [1964] ISBN: No Area: Africa, Europe By: Virginia Cowles Publisher: Collins
Comments: Story of David Stirling and the S.A.S. regiment.
The Purple Devils [2008] ISBN: 0646071254 Area: Pacific By: Syd Trigellis-Smith Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Unit history of 2/6 Australian Commando Squadron.
The R.A.A.F. Ground Staff of the Desert Air Force Squadrons [1992] ISBN: 064608335X Area: Middle East By: E.S. Johnston Publisher: E.S. Johnston
Comments: Story of R.A.A.F. ground staff in the Middle East - both with R.A.F. units & with the Australian air force - relative to the whole war operation. Unindexed but many mentioned. Significant but incomplete lists of ground staff.
The RAAF In Russia [1997] ISBN: 095866935X Area: Europe, Asia By: Geoffrey W. Raebel Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Unit history of 455 R.A.A.F. Squadron in Russia operations during 1942.
The Railway Man [1995] ISBN: 0393039102 Area: Asia By: Eric Lomax Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co. Inc
Comments: Eric Lomax's time as a P.O.W. on the Burma Railway and the years that followed repatriation.
The Rats Of Rangoon [1989] ISBN: 0099600501 Area: Asia By: Lionel Hudson Publisher: Arrow Books Limited
Comments: Author's time as a P.O.W. in Rangoon Jail, Burma. He was a Wing Commander in the R.A.A.F. & kept a diary. He met the O.I.C. of the jail after the war.
The Red Duster At War [1988] ISBN: 0718306791 Area: Worldwide By: John Slader Publisher: William Kimber & Co. Limited
Comments: History of the Merchant Navy during World War 2.
The Remorseless Road [2001] ISBN: 1840373016 Area: Asia By: James McEwan Publisher: Airlife Publishing Limited
Comments: Scottish intelligence officer with 36 and 100 Squadrons. Allied crews flew obsolete Vildebeest torpedo bombers at Endau and on Java. Made P.O.W. Some to Ohama in Japan October 1942 until war's end.
The Rise And Fall Of The Japanese Empire [1962] ISBN: No Area: Asia, Pacific By: Gary Gordon Publisher: Monarch Books Inc
Comments: Pearl Harbour, the Philippines, Midway, Guadalcanal & the Japanese political situation throughout.
The Rise, Fall And Regeneration Of The 2/7th Australian Field Ambulance, A.I.F. In World War II [1995] ISBN: 0909209952 Area: Africa, Europe, Australia, Pacific By: Gordon Hoff Publisher: Peacock Publications
Comments: Unit history of 2/7 Australian Field Ambulance.
The Rising Sun [1971] ISBN: 030493805X Area: Asia, Pacific By: John Toland Publisher: Cassell & Co
Comments: The Pacific war from Japanese & American perspectives. Based on interviews of people & documents from many countries. 954 pages.
The Rising Sun [1978] ISBN: No Area: Asia, Pacific By: Arthur Zich Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: The Pacific War from its lead-in to the Battle of Midway. Many photographs.
The Road to Singapore [2010] ISBN: 9781921509957 Area: Australia By: Augustine Maher IV Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing
Comments: Author contends Australia's exposure to Japanese invasion was not due to Britain's failure to come to Australia's defence. Rather, it was due to Australia's failure to take responsibility for her own defence.
The Royal Air Force In The World War Volume Two 1940-1941 [1944] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Capt. Norman Macmillan Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co Ltd
Comments: None written yet.
The Saga Of A Sig [1972] ISBN: 0959888101 Area: Worldwide By: Ken Clift Publisher: K. C. D. Publications
Comments: Autobiography of a Signaller who served in Palestine, Egypt, Bardia, Tobruk, Greece, Crete, Syria, Labanon, Ceylon and Kokoda.
The Sands Of Dunkirk [1967] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Richard Collier Publisher: Fontana Books
Comments: Account of the Dunkirk evacuation in May 1940.
The SAS At War 1941-1945 [1991] ISBN: 071954890X Area: Africa, Europe By: Anthony Kemp Publisher: John Murray (Publishers) Ltd, London
Comments: Full story of the SAS during World War 2.
The Searchers [2000] ISBN: 070223026X Area: Worldwide By: Jim Eames Publisher: University Of Queensland Press
Comments: R.A.A.F.'s search for the one thousand Australian airmen posted as missing in the Pacific during World War 2.
The Second Front [1978] ISBN: 0809425009 Area: Europe By: Douglas Botting Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: Lead up to, and including, D-Day in Normandy, France and the ensuing battles.
The Second World War In The Far East [2000] ISBN: 0304352470 Area: Asia, Pacific By: H. P. Wilmott Publisher: Cassell & Co.
Comments: Concentrates on World War 2 in the Pacific and Asia.
The Secret War [1959] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Gerald Pawle Publisher: Corgi
Comments: Inventions and schemes used by the Allies.
The Secret War [1981] ISBN: 0809425467 Area: Worldwide By: Francis Russell Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: Intelligence war including spying, tricks, codebreaking and inventions.
The Seventeenth Australian Infantry Brigade [1944] ISBN: No Area: Middle East, Pacific By: A. R. Ross Publisher: Unknown
Comments: Stories, poems and history of the 17th Brigade.
The Shetland Bus [1991] ISBN: 0586210350 Area: Europe By: David Howarth Publisher: Grafton Books
Comments: History of the formation of a volunteer small boat fleet operating between Britain and Norway landing weapons and supplies and rescuing refugees during occupation of Norway.
The Silent Men [1999] ISBN: 186448991X Area: Pacific By: Peter Dornan Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Story of the Australian 2/14 Battalion through the eyes of Stan Bisset.
The Sixth Year Of War In Pictures [1946] ISBN: No Area: To add By: To add Publisher: Odhams Press Ltd
Comments: None written yet.
The South West Pacific [1965] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: E. G. Keogh Publisher: Grayflower Productions
Comments: Australia's involvement in the Pacific War 1941 to 1945 .
The Spirit Of Kokoda [2002] ISBN: 1740640705 Area: Pacific By: Patrick Lindsay Publisher: Grayflower Productions
Comments: Battles of Kokoda to Buna & Gona.
The Story Of Billy Young [2012] ISBN: 9780670076178 Area: Asia By: Anthony Hill Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Comments: P.O.W. in Changi, Sandakan & Outram Rd prisons.
The Story Of The 2/2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion [1953] ISBN: No Area: Africa, Asia, Pacific By: E.F. Aitken (2/2 Pioneer) Publisher: 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion Association
Comments: 2/2 Pioneer Battalion history.
The Strength Of A Nation [2006] ISBN: 9781741147148 Area: Worldwide By: Michael McKernan Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Wide-ranging, readable & scholarly account of Australians at home & abroad 1939-45.
The Survival Factor XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX [1953] ISBN: No Area: Africa, Asia, Pacific By: E.F. Aitken (2/2 Pioneer) Publisher: 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion Association
Comments: 2/2 Pioneer Battalion history.
The Tale Of A Tojo Tourist [1996] ISBN: 0646275402 Area: Asia, Pacific By: John Towers Publisher: Self published
Comments: Author, A.A.S.C. attached 22 Brigade. P.O.W. Changi; D Force Railway Thai end; Nong Pladuk; via Singapore to Japan. Coal mining, Camp 17 near Fukuoka with U.S. P.O.W.s from Philippines.
The True Story Of The Death Railway & The Bridge On The River Kwai [UNKNOWN] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: J.P. Publisher: ?
Comments: None written yet.
The Twilight Squadron [1995] ISBN: 0646253565 Area: Worldwide By: Gary Kendall Publisher: Burdekin Townsville Branch of the Aircrew Association
Comments: Aircrew stories of the R.A.A.F.
The Unknown Navy [1995] ISBN: 1551250160 Area: Worldwide By: Robert G. Halford Publisher: Vanwell Publishing Limited
Comments: Canada's World War 2 Merchant Navy.
The Unnecessary War [1983] ISBN: 0333356284 Area: Pacific By: Peter Charlton Publisher: The MacMillan Company Of Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Island campaigns of the south-west Pacific 1944 to 1945.
The Valiant Years [1962] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Jack Le Vien & John Lord Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co Ltd
Comments: Account of World War 2 in a diary style with many pictures.
The Victors [2004] ISBN: 9780743492423 Area: Europe By: Stephen E. Ambrose Publisher: Pocket Books
Comments: Battles from D-Day to end of war in Europe.
The Vital Factor [2004] ISBN: 1876439610 Area: Australia, Pacific By: Paul Handel Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Unit history of 2/6 Australian Armoured Regiment 1941-1946.
The War Diaries Of Weary Dunlop [1990] ISBN: 0140128611 Area: Asia By: E. E. Dunlop Publisher: Penguin
Comments: Java and the Burma Thailand Railway 1942-1945.
The War In The Desert [1977] ISBN: No Area: Africa By: Richard Collier Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: North African land battles including Tunis, El Alamein, Tobruk and Malta.
The War Journal Of Major Damon Rocky" Gause" [1999] ISBN: 0330362038 Area: Pacific By: Damon Gause Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: 159 day escape of U.S. soldier from the Bataan Death March and then by leaky boat to Australia.
The Will to Survive [2002] ISBN: 1862271119 Area: Asia By: Arthur Godman Publisher: Spellmount Ltd, Kent
Comments: Account of P.O.W. (J) experiences of British artillery officer involved in Malayan retreat. At Changi, with H Force to Burma Railway Tonchan S, Thai end, Kanburi, then Sime Road & Changi again.
The Will to Survive : A Private's View As A P.O.W. [1995] ISBN: 0864177062 Area: Asia By: Douglas McLaggan Publisher: Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd
Comments: Became P.O.W. after fall of Singapore & ended up on the Burma Railway. At Changi when war ended. Repatriated to Australia on the Oranje.
The Winged Bomb [1985] ISBN: 0904597563 Area: Africa, Asia, Europe By: Ken Delve Publisher: Midland Counties Publications (Aerophile) Ltd
Comments: History of 39 Squadron R.A.F.
These Eagles : Story Of The R.A.A.F. At War [1942] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Members of the Services Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian services during World War 2.
They Dared Mightily [1986] ISBN: 0642994714 Area: Worldwide By: Lionel Wigmore Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Australian Victorian Cross winners.
They Were Expendable [1943] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: W. L. White Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London & George Jaboor, Melbourne
Comments: Getting MacArthur out of the Philippines & the role played by American Motor Torpedo Boats.
This War Never Ends [2001] ISBN: 0702232742 Area: Worldwide By: Michael McKernan Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Comments: The impact of World War 2 on soldiers, their family and friends, during and afterwards.
Those Ragged Bloody Heroes [1992] ISBN: 1863732640 Area: Pacific By: Peter Brune Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: From Kokoda Trail to Gona Beach 1942.
To Hell-fire, Purgatory and Back [2000] ISBN: 0646398083 Area: Asia By: Ian Saggers Publisher: Optima Press
Comments: Major A. E. Saggers, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion & Special Reserve Battalion, battle experiences Singapore and P.O.W. days with H Force, Thailand. Diary based.
To Kokoda And Beyond [1988] ISBN: 0522843794 Area: Pacific By: Victor Austin Publisher: Melbourne University Press (The Story Of The 39th Battalion 1941-1943)
Comments: Story of the 39th Battalion 1941 to 1943.
To Sea In A Sieve [1958] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Peter Bull Publisher: Beacon Books
Comments: Naval action.
To The Bitter End [1992] ISBN: 0091825571 Area: Pacific By: Lex McAulay Publisher: Random House Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Battle for Buna and Gona in New Guinea 1942 to 1943.
To The Kwai And Back [2006] ISBN: 0285637452 Area: Asia By: Ronald Searle Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd
Comments: English artist's drawings and description of his time as a P.O.W. (J) in Changi, with H Force on the Burma-Thailand Railway in Thailand and later Changi again.
To The River Kwai Two Journeys - 1943, 1979 [1988] ISBN: 0747502978 Area: Asia By: John Stewart Publisher: Bloomsbury
Comments: Author was British P.O.W. (J) interpreter with F Force on the Burma Railway. In 1979 he returned to the Railway, & went as far north as 50 Kilo Camp from Thanbyuzayat. Descriptions of the 2 journeys are interleaved.
Tobruk [2006] ISBN: 0732276454 Area: Africa By: Peter FitzSimons Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
Comments: Detailed account of the siege of Tobruk, North Africa.
Tobruk 1941 [2007] ISBN: 9780670071203 Area: Africa By: Chester Wilmot Publisher: Viking
Comments: Respected Australian war correspondent records the siege of Tobruk from official documents, eye-witness accounts and his own observations.
Tobruk 1941 [2005] ISBN: 0733314074 Area: Africa By: Peter Cochrane Publisher: ABC Books
Comments: Description, with many outstanding photos, of the 8 month-long siege of Tobruk and life under these conditions.
Tobruk 1941 : The Desert Siege [1984] ISBN: 0454006675 Area: Africa By: Timothy Hall Publisher: Methuen Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Detailed account of battle and background of siege of Tobruk.
Together Up There [2003] ISBN: 1876439920 Area: Pacific By: Victor Posse Publisher: Austalian Military History Publications
Comments: Unit history of No. 549 RAF / RAAF Fighter Squadron in Australia during World War 2.
Touched By War [2006] ISBN: 1876439688 Area: Pacific By: Raynor Barber and Lisa Mariah Publisher: Austalian Military History Publications
Comments: Memoirs of a Beaufighter pilot.
Trying To Be Sailors [1983] ISBN: 0867780150 Area: Asia, Pacific By: John Leggoe Publisher: St. George Books
Comments: Story of the makeshift and obsolete ships of the Royal Australian Navy crewed by inexperienced men from all walks of life that screened Australian waters during the desperate days of 1942 until replaced by dedicated ships.
Twice Their Prisoner [1946] ISBN: No Area: Middle East, Pacific By: Walter Irvine Summons (2/2 Pioneer) Publisher: Ramsay, Ware Publishing
Comments: Author was P.O.W. in Syria and later in Java as part of the 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
Two Steps To Tokyo [1945] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Gordon Powell Publisher: Oxford University Press
Comments: Story of the R.A.A.F. in the Trobriand and Admiralty Islands in World War 2.
Unbroken [1953] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Alastair Mars Publisher: Frederick Muller Ltd
Comments: Story of the 600 ton British submarine Unbroken operating in the Mediterranean Sea told by her Captain .
Unit 731 [1990] ISBN: 0586208224 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Peter Williams & David Wallace Publisher: Grafton Books
Comments: Japanese Army Unit 731's biological and chemical human experiments performed on Allied P.O.W.s.
Unsung Heroes of the Royal Air Force [2002] ISBN: 1903172217 Area: Asia By: Les & Pam Stubbs Publisher: Barny Books, Lincolnshire, U.K.
Comments: About R.A.F. F.E.P.O.W.s - where captured, work they did & movements as P.O.W.s. 180 page Roll of R.A.F. & some Commonwealth Air Force P.O.W. (J) & their movements.
Unsung Ordinary Men [2010] ISBN: 9780733625244 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Sally Dingo Publisher: Hachette Australia
Comments: Author's grandfather and father served in WW I (France) & WWII (Timor, P.O.W., J) respectively. She tells how their war experiences affected these men & those around them.
USS Chincoteague : The Ship That Wouldn't Sink [1995] ISBN: 0964613905 Area: Pacific By: Frank D. Murphy Publisher: UNKNOWN
Comments: How a crew brought their bombed ship into port despite her twice being abandoned as lost.
Victoria Cross Battles Of The Second World War [UNKNOWN] ISBN: 0330244630 Area: Worldwide By: C. E. Lucas Phillips Publisher: Pan
Comments: Description of the V.C. winners of different battles.
Victory In Normandy [1981] ISBN: 0701125462 Area: Europe By: Major-General David Belchem Publisher: Book Club Associates
Comments: Background, execution and aftermath of D-Day in Europe.
Victory Roll : The R.A.A.F. At War [1945] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Members of the Services Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of the Australian services during World War 2.
Wake Of The Wahoo [1960] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Forest J. Sterling Publisher: Chilton Company
Comments: Account of the 11 month life of the submarine U.S.S. Wahoo by the only surviving member of the crew.
War Behind The Wire [2008] ISBN: 978073362111 Area: Worldwide By: Michael Caulfield Publisher: Hachette Australia
Comments: From interviews of 59 prisoners, mostly of World War 2, in "The Australians at War Film Archive". A topic per chapter.
War Cameraman : The Story Of Damien Parer [1994] ISBN: 0850913411 Area: Europe, Middle East, Pacific By: Neil McDonald Publisher: Thomas C. Lothian Pty Ltd
Comments: Chronicle of Australian war camerman Damien Parer up to his death in action.
War Diaries [2006] ISBN: 1920785833 Area: Asia By: Fred Lasslett Publisher: Brolga Publishing
Comments: P.O.W. diary in Japanese Camps.
War In The Shadows : Bougainville 1944-45 [1986] ISBN: 0642994862 Area: Pacific By: Peter Medcalf Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Australian soldier's experiences in jungle warfare on Bougainville 1944 to 1945.
War Without Glory [1984] ISBN: 0333356772 Area: Asia, Pacific By: J. D. Balfe Publisher: MacMillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Australians in the air war with Japan 1941-45.
Warrior Of Kokoda [1999] ISBN: 1864489081 Area: Pacific By: Bill Edgar Publisher: Allen Unwin Pty Ltd (A Biography Of Brigadier Arnold Potts)
Comments: Biography of Brigadier Arnold Potts.
Warships 1860-1970 [1973] ISBN: 0858850907 Area: Worldwide By: J.M. Thornton Publisher: Wren Publishing Pty Ltd
Comments: Drawings of numerous classes of different types of ships.
We Band Of Brothers [2000] ISBN: 1865082856 Area: Africa, Europe, Pacific By: Peter Brune Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Story of Ralph Honner who fought at Bardia, Tobruk, Derna, Greece, Crete, Kokoda and Gona.
We Find And Destroy [2001] ISBN: 1876439084 Area: Africa, Europe By: Peter Alexander Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Unit history of 458 R.A.A.F. Squadron.
We Were There [1987] ISBN: 0670816272 Area: Worldwide By: John Barrett Publisher: Viking
Comments: The views of many World War 2 soldiers on many subjects.
We Will Remember Them : The Story Of The Shrine Of Remembrance [1991] ISBN: 0959515801 Area: Australia By: Trustees of the Shrine of Remembrance Publisher: Trustees of the Shrine of Remembrance
Comments: History of the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, Victoria.
Weary : The Life Of Sir Edward Dunlop [1995] ISBN: 0140240071 Area: Worldwide By: Sue Ebury Publisher: Penquin Books
Comments: Biography of Weary Dunlop 1907 to 1993.
Wewak Mission [2005] ISBN: 0646283162 Area: Pacific By: Lionel P. V. Veale Publisher: Lionel P. V. Veale
Comments: Author describes an actual Australian Coastwatchers mission to Wewak, New Guinea. Forty-seven Coastwatchers were killed or (usually) executed by the Japanese during World War 2.
What Price Surrender? [1989] ISBN: 0049101188 Area: Pacific By: Desmond Jackson Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Author's experiences with Black Force in Java and as P.O.W. on the Burma Railway.
When The Balloon Went Up [1990] ISBN: 0044422091 Area: Asia By: Hugh V. Clarke Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Series of short stories illustrating the humour and mateship of Australians involved in the Malayan campaign and as P.O.W. (J) on the Burma Railway and in Japan.
When You Go Home [1993] ISBN: 1897666004 Area: Asia By: Arthur Lane Publisher: A. Lane Publications, U.K.
Comments: Returned British soldier's account of Malayan campaign, Burma Railway & return visit with photos. Lists some war criminals. Roll of Honour of U.K. Forces who died during the campaign & as P.O.W.s.
Whispering Death [2011] ISBN: 9781741759013 Area: Pacific By: Mark Johnston Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Australian airmen of the R.A.A.F. in the air war against the Japanese in the Pacific.
While History Passed [1954] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Jessie Elizabeth Simons Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
Comments: Story of Australian Nurses, evacuated from Singapore per Vyner Brooke, who survived its sinking & were taken P.O.W. On Banka Island & Sumatra.
White Coolies [1954] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Betty Jeffrey Publisher: Angus and Robertson
Comments: Story of Australian Nurses, evacuated from Singapore per Vyner Brooke, who survived its sinking & were taken P.O.W. On Banka Island & Sumatra.
Why Singapore Fell [1944] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Lieut.-Gen. H. Gordon Bennett Publisher: Angus and Robertson
Comments: Controversial Commander of 8th Division, A.I.F., gives his account of the defence of Singapore and the reasons why it fell.
Winged Dagger [1970] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Roy Farran Publisher: Fontana Books
Comments: Author's command of partisans behind enemy lines in Northern Italy.
Wingless Victory [1953] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Anthony Richardson Publisher: Odhams Press Ltd
Comments: Sir Basil Embry's escape from occupied France in 1940.
Women Beyond the Wire [1997] ISBN: 0099248220 Area: Asia By: Lavinia Warner and John Sandilands Publisher: Arrow Books Limited
Comments: Story told by English women, in the same group as Betty Jeffrey and Jessie Simons, of Singapore before and during its fall and their P.O.W. experiences.
World War II Wasn't All Hell [1988] ISBN: 0091692504 Area: Pacific By: Keith Smith Publisher: Century Hutchinsons Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Author's account of serving in the Australian 15th Field Ambulance in Australia, New Guinea & the Solomon Islands.
Yankee R.N. [1952] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: A. H. Cherry Publisher: Jarrolds Publishers (London) Limited
Comments: Story of a Wall Street Banker in the U.S.A. who volunteered for active duty in the Royal Navy before America came into the war.
You'll Be Sorry [1990] ISBN: 073168091X Area: Asia, Pacific, Australia By: Ann Holland Publisher: Tarka Publishing
Comments: Recollections of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) volunteers from 1941 to 1945.
You'll Be Sorry [1944] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Gilbert Mant Publisher: Frank Johnson
Comments: Author Reuters editor. Covers enlistment & training in 2/19 Battalion. Reuters requested his release from Army, then sent him back to Malaya to cover its defence. Returned pre Singapore's fall.
You'll Die In Singapore [1956] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Charles McCormac Publisher: Reader's Union Ltd
Comments: Escape by P.O.W. from Singapore, down Sumatra and Java until picked up by a Catalina.
You'll Never Get Off the Island [1989] ISBN: 0043522416 Area: Asia By: Keith Wilson Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: 8th Division Signalman's tales of people of all nationalities whom he met in Singapore where he stayed for the duration of the war.

Total books : 547