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Armies of Empire: The 9th Australian and 50th British Divisions in Battle 1939-1945 Hardcover - 2011 - 1st Edition

by Allan Converse


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Armies of Empire uniquely reflects upon the experience of two divisions from different armies facing similar challenges in the Second World War. The 9th Australian Division and the British 50th (Northumbrian) Division both saw long service and suffered heavy casualties, and both encountered morale, discipline and battlefield effectiveness problems. In this illuminating, comparative study of Australian and British divisions at war, Allan Converse draws extensively on primary sources as well as recent scholarship on morale and combat efficiency. His fresh approach questions the popular mythology surrounding the Australian Digger and the British Tommy, and shows how it was a combination of leadership, loyalty and tactics, rather than intrinsic national qualities, which resulted in victory for Churchill's armies.

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  • Title Armies of Empire: The 9th Australian and 50th British Divisions in Battle 1939-1945
  • Author Allan Converse
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 366
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • Date 2011-03-15
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780521194808 / 0521194806
  • Weight 1.55 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 5.9 x 1.2 in (22.86 x 14.99 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Military & Society
  • Library of Congress subjects Great Britain, Australia
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.541
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New York: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2011. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), maps, tables, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear jacket. 347 pp. Allan Converse uniquely reflects upon the experience of two divisions from different armies facing similar challenges in the Second World War in Europe (Sicily, Normandy), North Africa (Tobruk, Alamein) and southeast Asia and Pacific (Borneo, Papua New Guinea). In this comparative study of Australian and British divisions at war, he draws on primary sources as well as recent scholarship on morale and combat efficiency. He shows how it was a combination of leadership, loyalty and tactics, rather than intrinsic popular mythology surrounding the Australian Digger and the British Tommy, which resulted in victory for Churchill's armies. The author is an American history lecturer. From the Cambridge University Press ’Australian Army History Series'.
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