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SECOND HAND BOOK
The signing of the Japanese surrender on August 15, 1945 signaled the end of Australia’s involvement in a war that nobody wanted, but few escaped. Out of our small population of seven million people, almost one million men and women enlisted in this country’s armed forces during 1939-45 — the biggest commitment of Australian troops in any theatre of war. Of these, more than 27,000 were killed in action or died as a prisoner of war and a similar number were wounded or injured in action.
And on the home front millions more signed up for the duration, making their own sacrifices, keeping the nation going and “doing their bit” for the war effort. For all, the end of the war meant the end of six years of hardship, sacrifice, pain and unity — and the start of a new era of peace and hope.
This book tells the personal stories of men and women who lived and served through World War II and marks the 50th anniversary of the end of that war. They are ordinary people who lived through extraordinary times — their characters and backgrounds as diverse as their experiences. But their one link is that all were involved in a way which would forever change their lives.
Specifications:
Condition: Good. Plastic lined, minimal fraying of plastic, slightly yellowed pages.
Publisher: Dunkley Committee for Australia Remembers 1945-95
Year: 1995
Format: Paperback
Pages: 119
ISBN: 0646245198
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