ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY 1939-1942 Volume 1: Australia in the War of 1939-1945 NEW

AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-1945: ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY 1939-1942 Volume 1\nThis volume tells the story of Australian Navy policy between the wars, and records the part played by the ships and men of that Navy on every ocean \u2013 and particularly in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Pacific Oceans \u2013 from 1939 until the end of the first quarter of 1942.\nOfficial histories are \u201Cofficial\u201D in the sense they are commissioned by government as the national record of involvement in particular conflicts. The official historians are granted unrestricted access to closed period and security classified government records. The Australian official war histories contain the authors\u2019 own interpretations and judgements and do not follow any official or government line.The works are the first published official record of involvement in war. They are a detailed, chronological record of all services and theatres of conflict. They comprise an invaluable resource for researchers at.