"You wouldn't know what a submarine looked like," ... he told his Officers who had just fired on one.
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The Battle Of Sydney Harbour, 1942
A beautifully-presented, lavishly-illustrated book by Peter Grose and Gary Jackson. The already controversial book, with text in both English and Japanese, tracks two fatally flawed paths to war, the Battle and the aftermath. 'This is genuine history, giving all readers the opportunity to not only time travel back to a very different time and place, but also reflect on the journey. It is a very important book, poised to make a major contribution to historical and cross-cultural understanding.' - Ernie Tucker, History Teacher. "HE WAS A TYRANT AND HE WAS ALSO A FOOL"
The Captain of the USS Chicago didn't believe the Japanese submarine story "Howard Douglas Bode, Captain of the Chicago, was one of those people who might have been a role model for Captain Queeg in Herman Wouk's novel 'The Caine Mutiny'. On the bridge of the Chicago, Captain Bode was still not convinced by his Officers' account of sighting and firing on a midget submarine. He accused them of panicking and being silly ..."The
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A VERY RUDE AWAKENING
The night the Japanese midget subs came to Sydney Harbour This is the original large-format lavishly illustrated paperback version, now in its 27th edition, priced at A$32.99 (plus postage)
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STUDY GUIDE PDF DOWNLOAD: A VERY RUDE AWAKENING
The night the Japanese midget subs came to Sydney Harbour Brilliant Modern History study guide by expert Roger Stitson, who commented, "If only history had been taught like this when I was at school". (A$7.50 (plus postage if hard copy)postage) Click on the image to buy the PDF download or hard copy. |
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DVD: The Bombing Of Darwin
An Awkward Truth DVD version of this highly acclaimed book, priced at A$35.00 (plus postage). The film won the Screen Producers’ Association of Australia award for Best Documentary, attracting record audiences for The History Channel & shown around the world. |
Ten Rogues
This book is a break from World War II. It is available in large-format paperback for A$29.99 (plus postage) and tells the unlikely story of how in 1834 a band of ten convicts stole a leaky wooden ship they had helped to build and sailed it without a map from Van Dieman’s Land to Chile
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