ELITE No 153 THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY IN WORLD WAR II

The Australian infantry were amongst the Commonwealth's toughest and most widely-travelled infantry, serving in campaigns including Syria, Greece, Cyprus, Crete, Libya, Egypt, New Guinea and the South-west Pacific. Their fearsome fighting reputation was earned first against the Afrikakorps in the Libyan Desert, and then in the hellish conditions of New Guinea, where they held out against the Japanese invasion. This comprehensive overview of the Australian "Digger" includes comprehensive details of organisation, units, uniforms and insignia as well as unpublished photographs from private collections. Colour artwork by Carlos Chagas.