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Australian battalion commanders in the Second World War / Garth Pratten.

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"Australian Battalion Commanders in the Second World War explores the background, role and conduct of the commanding officers of Australian infantry battalions during the Second World War. Battalion commanding officers were the lynchpins of the battlefield uniting the senior officers who planne...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Pratten, Garth, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Port Melbourne, VIC : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Series:Australian Army history series.
Subjects:
Australia. > Australian Army > History.
Australia. > Australian Army.
Command of troops.
World War, 1939-1945 > Australia.
Australia.
1939-1945
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 'A battalion commander, he's everything' ; 'Completely untrained for war':forming the AIF, 1939-1940 ; 'We were learning then': the AIF's Mediterranean campaigns, 1941 ; Desert epilogue: El Alamein, 1942 ; Victims of circumstance: battalion command in the 8th Division ; 'No place for half-hearted measures': Australia and Papua, 1940-1942 ; 'There is no mystery in jungle fighting': New Guinea 1943-44 ; 'Experienced, toughened, competent': 1945
  • Conclusion: 'The CO is just one of a team'
  • Appendix 1: The demographics of battalion commanders 1939-1945
  • Appendix 2: Periods of command.

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