"You wouldn't know what a submarine looked like," ... he told his Officers who had just fired on one.
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"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 87th edition, priced at A$32.99 (plus postage)
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A VERY RUDE AWAKENING
The night the Japanese midget subs came to Sydney Harbour
This is the smaller format paperback, priced at A$22.99 (plus postage)
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DVD: A VERY RUDE AWAKENING
The night the Japanese midget subs came to Sydney Harbour This is the DVD version, priced at A$35.00 (plus postage) 
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Peter Grose talk about the video 
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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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An Awkward Truth
The Bombing Of Darwin
Small format paperback of this highly acclaimed book, priced at A$24.95 (plus postage). The book has sold over 50,000 copies in Australia and NZ alone.
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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.
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A Good Place To Hide
Small format paperpack priced at A$22.99 (plus postage)
Peter Grose's true story of a village in France that saved hundreds of lives in WW2. Click on the image to buy the book. |
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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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