Wartime Magazine Issue 59
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Winter 2012
1942 the world at war: Midway, Milne Bay, Kokoda, El Alamein, Stalingrad
- Coral Sea, Midway and After by Jonathan Parshall.
Japanese planning created crucial errors. - Australia's Thermopylae? by Peter Williams.
Were Australians on the Kokoda Trail really outnumbered? - General Clowes of Milne Bay by Karl James.
Milne Bay was Japan's first land defeat of the war, but its victor won few laurels. - Lying doggo and waiting by Shane Casey.
Australians struggled against Japanese tanks at Milne Bay. - Disaster at Savo Island by Richard Pelvin.
The Japanese surprised the Allied fleet after the landings on Guadalcanal. - Teamwork at Alamein by Mark Johnston.
Australians joined Dominion forces to win a desert victory. - Stalingrad seventy years on by Richard Overy.
Immense sacrifice achieved a turning point in the war. - The "Marco Polo" diggers by Lachlan Grant.
- Australian Yanks by Lenore Heath.
Men of all ages found a place to serve with the American small ships section. - Making arms for the nation by Justin Hewitt.
An essential home front industry should not be forgotten. - Making their mark again by Marcus Fielding.
After the First World War, Australian soldiers showed their sporting prowess. - The soldiers' photographer by Emma Campbell.
Denis Gibbons and the Vietnam War. - Tribute to Steve Gower A farewell to Steve Gower, Director of the Australian War Memorial
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