Anzac journeys returning to the battlefields of World War II
Australians have been making pilgrimages to the battlefields and cemeteries of World War Two since the 1940s, from the jungles of New Guinea and South-East Asia to the mountains of Greece and the deserts of North Africa. They travel in search of the stories of lost loved ones, to mourn the dead and...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2013.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39797223*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Part One: Captivity narratives
- 'If only I knew what has become of him': the loss of Australia's prisoners of war
- Witness to war: the first journeys
- Bringing up the bodies: commemorating our war dead
- Unspeakable histories: from Singapore to Hellfire Pass
- The Death March: journeys back to Sandakan
- Part 2: Desert and Island
- Death in the desert: North Africa
- A post-war dream: Greece and Crete
- Part 3: Air and sea
- Seeking the unknown: remembering Sydney
- Journeys into night: bomber command
- Part 4: Australia's front line
- Walking the Trail: Kokoda
- A city at war: Darwin
- Conclusion.
