The Submarine Six: Australian Naval Heroes Tapa blanda - 2011

Paperback / softback. New.

Adelaide: Avonmore Books. 2011. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very good condition. Colour and black & white illustrations. Colour and black and white photographs. Colour maps. 201 pages. A look at six of Australia's naval heroes - Waller, Farncomb, Rankin, Dechaineux, Collins & Sheean. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Avonmore Books, 2011. Softcover. Near Fine. AUSTRALIAN MILITARY NAVY RAN Naval conflicts take place often far from our shores. Ships and men sometimes disappear to leave only mystery in their wake. In the 1990s the Royal Australian Navy broke with tradition and for the first time named six submarines after naval heroes. This book shows the true depths of their achievements. These were men whose warrior exploits stand alongside those of any other nations. But they have been largely unrecognized, save for those submarines.Captain Hec Waller, for example, fought to the end in HMAS Perth, alongside fellow cruiser HMAS Houston. The Houston’s Captain Rooks was deservedly awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, America’s highest honor. Captain Waller, by comparison, was given distinction, but not of the highest rank. Should he have been given the Victoria Cross?Other heroes stand alongside him:Emile Dechaineux, hero of Dunkirk and the North Sea, battling it out against Japanese Kamikaze… Leer más

Adelaide: Avonmore Books. 2011. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. MINT - a NEW copy. Colour and black & white illustrations. Colour and black and white photographs. Colour maps. 201 pages. A look at six of Australia's naval heroes - Waller, Farncomb, Rankin, Dechaineux, Collins & Sheean. . New. 1st Edition. Softcover.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.