The Forgotten Islands by Michael VeitchRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 202.1 MBOverview: The Forgotten Islands is an incredible, evocative listen that shines a light on this little-known part of Australia and its extraordinary history. The more I learned, the more I realised this was an Australia I hardly knew. This was stormy weather Australia, an Australia of […]
The Forgotten Islands by Michael VeitchRequirements: .ePUB reader, 8.67 MBOverview: ‘The more I learned, the more I realised this was an Australia I hardly knew. This was stormy weather Australia, an Australia of shipwrecks and sealers; of brutality and extermination; of folly and heroism; of wild weather and explorers in flimsy boats; of thousand-foot cliffs […]
Turning Point: The Battle for Milne Bay 1942 – Japan’s first land defeat in World War II by Michael VeitchRequirements: .ePUB reader, 2 MBOverview: The Battle for Milne Bay – Japan’s first defeat on land in the Second World War – was a defining moment in the evolution of the indomitable Australian fighting spirit. For […]
The Battle of the Bismarck Sea by Michael VeitchRequirements: .ePUB reader, 3 MBOverview: In the thick of World War II, during the first week of March 1943, Japan made a final, desperate lunge for control of the South West Pacific. In the ensuing Battle of the Bismarck Sea, a force of land-based Australian and American […]
44 Days: 75 Squadron and the Fight for Australia by Michael VeitchRequirements: .MP3 reader, 215 mbOverview: In March and April 1942, RAAF 75 Squadron bravely defended Port Moresby for 44 days when Australia truly stood alone against the Japanese. This group of raw young recruits scrambled ceaselessly in their Kittyhawk fighters to an extraordinary and […]