The Secret Battle: 1942 - 1944
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: wear and tear. Page Condition: Good.
Off the eastern seaboard of Australia, a desperate and largely forgotten naval campaign raged between 1942 and 1944 — a campaign that Robert Wallace's The Secret Battle: 1942–1944 brings back into the light with compelling authority. The book chronicles the perilous convoy battles fought along Australia's East Coast during World War II, a theatre of war that received little attention compared to the dramatic Pacific campaigns further north, yet proved equally vital to the nation's survival and supply lines. Wallace presents a meticulously researched account of the merchant vessels, naval escorts, and the ever-present threat of enemy submarines that prowled Australian coastal waters. Drawing on naval records and first-hand testimonies, he illustrates the courage of those who sailed these waters under constant threat, and argues that this coastal campaign deserves its rightful place in the broader narrative of Australia's war experience. For anyone with an interest in Australian maritime or military history, this is an indispensable and sobering account that raises the question: how many other battles remain hidden beneath the waves of history?
Author: Robert Wallace
Format: Hardback
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: wear and tear. Page Condition: Good.
Off the eastern seaboard of Australia, a desperate and largely forgotten naval campaign raged between 1942 and 1944 — a campaign that Robert Wallace's The Secret Battle: 1942–1944 brings back into the light with compelling authority. The book chronicles the perilous convoy battles fought along Australia's East Coast during World War II, a theatre of war that received little attention compared to the dramatic Pacific campaigns further north, yet proved equally vital to the nation's survival and supply lines. Wallace presents a meticulously researched account of the merchant vessels, naval escorts, and the ever-present threat of enemy submarines that prowled Australian coastal waters. Drawing on naval records and first-hand testimonies, he illustrates the courage of those who sailed these waters under constant threat, and argues that this coastal campaign deserves its rightful place in the broader narrative of Australia's war experience. For anyone with an interest in Australian maritime or military history, this is an indispensable and sobering account that raises the question: how many other battles remain hidden beneath the waves of history?