The Battle Of Brisbane. Australians And The Yanks At War

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2000
Edition: Reprint

Description: 242 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. For Two Days In November 1942, Brisbane Became A War Zone, In A World Seemingly Gone Mad, Australians Servicemen Attacked American Troops In The City Centre.

Publishers Description: On the battlefields of World War II, Australia and the USA were allies. Yet in Brisbane, home to south-west Pacific operations headquarters, tensions were rife, escalating on Thanksgiving Day in November 1942 when an Australian soldier died at the hands of an American MP. Hushed up at the time, this is the full story of events during the unstable period.

ISBN: 9780733308963