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  • Hell Ship

    The true story of the plague ship Ticonderoga, one of the most calamitous voyages in Australian history

    par Michael Veitch ...
    The riveting story of one of the most calamitous voyages in Australian history, the plague-stricken sailing ship Ticonderoga that left England for Victoria with 800 doomed emigrants on board.For more than a century and a half, a grim tale has passed down through Michael Veitch's family: the story of the Ticonderoga, a clipper ship that sailed from Liverpool in August 1852, crammed with poor but ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Battle of the Bismarck Sea

    par Michael Veitch ...
    'Readers look for and admire good writers and great writing. They will find it, in spades, in The Battle of the Bismarck Sea.' - The Canberra TimesIn the thick of World War II, during the first week of March 1943, Japan made a final, desperate lunge for control of the South West Pacific. In the ensuing Battle of the Bismarck Sea, a force of land-based Australian and American planes attacked a ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Turning Point

    The Battle for Milne Bay 1942 - Japan's first land defeat in World War II

    par Michael Veitch ...
    The Battle for Milne Bay - Japan's first defeat on land in the Second World War - was a defining moment in the evolution of the indomitable Australian fighting spirit. For the men of the AIF, the militia and the RAAF, it was the turning point in the Pacific, and their finest - though now largely forgotten - hour. Forgotten, until now.In August 1942, Japan's forces were unstoppable. Having ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Forgotten Islands

    par Michael Veitch ...
    'The more I learned, the more I realised this was an Australia I hardly knew. This was stormy weather Australia, an Australia of shipwrecks and sealers; of brutality and extermination; of folly and heroism; of wild weather and explorers in flimsy boats; of thousand-foot cliffs and amazing birds and strange vegetation; of places well-trodden and others believed never to have felt the impact of a ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

  • Australia's Secret Army

    par Michael Veitch ...
    Established after World War I by the Royal Australian Navy, the Coast Watchers were a loose organisation of several hundred European settlers, missionaries, patrol officers and planters living in British and Australian Pacific Island territories whose job it was to observe and report on the enemy. They were mostly all unpaid volunteers whose job it was simply to observe and report on foreign ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Fly

    par Michael Veitch ...
    'Fly is an absorbing read thanks to the amazing and previously untold stories Veitch collected from aging pilots, navigators and gunners.' HERALD SUNAll over the world during World War II, thousands of young men who had never so much as been near an aeroplane left offices, farms and classrooms to learn to fly and fight in the greatest conflict the world has ever seen. They fought over deserts, ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

  • 44 Days

    75 Squadron and the Fight for Australia

    par Michael Veitch ...
    'Brilliantly researched and sympathetically told, 44 DAYS is more than just a fitting tribute to brave but overlooked heroes. It's also a top read.' DAILY TELEGRAPHIn March and April 1942, RAAF 75 Squadron bravely defended Port Moresby for 44 days when Australia truly stood alone against the Japanese. This group of raw young recruits scrambled ceaselessly in their Kittyhawk fighters to an ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • Heroes of the Skies

    par Michael Veitch ...
    Every veteran has a story. Sometimes these stories become part of family folklore. Sometimes they are too terrible to speak of.In April 1943 Cyril Burcher bombed a German U-boat, killing its entire crew. Thirty years later, a letter arrived for him out of the blue from the daughter of the U-boat captain. Cy Borscht jumped out of his burning Lancaster and parachuted into even more danger, being ... En savoir plus

    $27.49 CAD

  • Barney Greatrex

    From Bomber Command to the French Resistance - the stirring story of an Australian hero

    par Michael Veitch ...
    The incredible untold World War II story of Australian hero BARNEY GREATREX - from Bomber Command to French Resistance fighter.A school and university cadet in Sydney, Barney Greatrex signed up for RAF Bomber Command in 1941, eager to get straight into the very centre of the Allied counterattack. Bombing Germany night after night, Barney's 61 Squadron faced continual enemy fighter attacks and anti ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • Borneo: The Last Campaign

    par Michael Veitch ...
    From bestselling author Michael Veitch (Australia's Secret Army, Turning Point) comes the story of the brilliant, yet controversial campaign which ended Australia's involvement in World War II.Borneo: The Last Campaign tells the story of Operation OBOE, the massive, three-pronged assault on the vast Japanese-held island of Borneo in 1945. It was one of the largest amphibious invasions of the ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Southern Surveyor

    Stories from Onboard Australia's Ocean Research Vessel

    par Michael Veitch ...
    'The deepest trenches, highest mountains, biggest earthquakes, most explosive volcanoes are all associated with these places. We’re discovering things all the time.' For ten years, the RV Southern Surveyor represented the vanguard of Australian marine science. On over 100 voyages, this former North Sea fishing trawler with her distinctive blue and white livery carried scientists and technicians ... En savoir plus

    $30.99 CAD

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    Australia's Secret Army

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    Established after World War I by the Royal Australian Navy, the Coast Watchers were a loose organisation of several hundred European settlers, missionaries, patrol officers and planters living in British and Australian Pacific Island territories whose job it was to observe and report on the enemy. They were mostly all unpaid volunteers whose job it was simply to observe and report on foreign ... En savoir plus

    $36.99 CAD