$35.00 (Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin / ISBN:9781741754452)
The Strength Of A Nation: Six Years Of Australians Fighting For The Nation And Defending The Homefront In World War Ii
A terrific book... It is a story that subsequent generations
should know, and this book is an excellent place for that journey
of discovery and understanding to begin.' - Canberra
Times
'Concisely and with verve, Michael McKernan covers a huge amount of
ground. - The Sydney Morning Herald
Nearly one million Australians out of a total population of just
seven million people joined the armed forces in World War II. They
made an enormous contribution to the allied war effort; they
inflicted the first land defeat of the Japanese at Milne Bay in New
Guinea during that war and played a crucial part in the Battle of
El Alamein in North Africa, the first defeat on land of the
Germans.
These victories in battle were only made possible by their support
from home. Still recovering from the First World War and the Great
Depression the Australian population rallied to make these
achievements possible.
This is the story of Australia and Australians at war at home and
abroad in the 6 years, 1939 to 1945.