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Vicki gave me a book for my birthday,
Michael Veitch The epic battle in the skies above Port Moresby 44 days 75 squadron and the fight for Australia. Another chapter we were not taught in history, what an awful ordeal they endured. 
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31-12-16, 18:37
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The Winter Fortress
Just finished reading the above, a detailed account of the attacks on the Norsk Hydro factory at Vemork, Norway, producing heavy water for atomic developments in Germany. You may remember the 1965 Heroes of Telemark movie about the same subject, and there was a more recent TV series about the subject, too.
Highly recommended: Neal Bascombe has done a fantastic job of drawing all the threads together, and writing a gripping account of all the operations against the plant and its product. I'd read an earlier work of his (Hunting Eichmann) so had a good idea that this new book would be well researched and written, and I was not disappointed. ISBN 9780544368057. Mike 
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01-01-17, 01:40
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The Kamikaze Hunters
This book deals with the little known story of British aircraft carrier operations against the Japanese in the later part of the war in the Pacific.
Based in Sydney, the British Pacific Fleet comprised of up to five carriers and over 100 support vessels with around 250 aircraft carrying out combat operations. One interesting fact touched upon is that within a couple of weeks of the Japanese surrender the US cancelled Lend/Lease agreements which resulted in around 1000 aircraft being dumped at sea, mainly Corsairs and Avengers. Some, maybe even many of these were off the Australian east coast. The Kamikaze Hunters Will Iredale Macmillan ISBN 978-0-230-76819-2 HB ISBN 978=1-4472-8471-0 TBP David
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01-01-17, 02:05
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Good Read
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Good read, read it a couple of months ago, actually found it at my local library here in the States. Unusual in that it actually tells the story of other than the US Navy having a role in the War in the Pacific, very pleased that our library for adding it to their collection. Lots of interesting little tidbits, like the training of Commonwealth pilots in the US and the advantage they got from better weather meaning more flying hours. Cheers Phil
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01-01-17, 02:18
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Purely fiction, but I have read 3 of W.E.B. Griffin's series and really enjoyed them. 'The Corps' and 'Brotherhood of War' were set across WWII, and 'The Presidential Agent' series was good as well, but set in more recent times.
http://www.webgriffin.com/books.html
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31-07-18, 03:02
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Skis
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https://www.bookdepository.com/Skis-.../9780942323078
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30-05-20, 08:04
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We met Greg and Sharni in Yass for a picnic lunch today and picked up the books, A wonderful collection of pictures and for the princely sum of $20.
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23-09-20, 13:11
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Now have Official history for WWI & WWII.
Just re read this thread there are still a lot of suggestions I don't have yet but I should read more of what I have before looking for more.
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