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Rwanda Unamir 1994/95 #1 Australian Military History Series

By: Kevin O'Halloran

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Australia, Big Sky Publishing: 2012

Seller ID: 002595

ISBN: 1921941480

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

In 1994 a group of Australian UN peacekeepers, made up of soldiers and army medical personnel, was sent to Rwanda under a United Nations mandate to help restore order to the war-torn country. These Australians would be exposed to a lack of humanity they were not prepared for and found hard to fathom. On 22nd April 1995, the daily horror and tragedy they had witnessed escalated out of control. At a displaced persons' camp in Kibeho, in full view of the Australian soldiers, over 4,000 unarmed men, women and children died in a hail of bullets, grenades and machete blades at the hands of the Rwand...
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Sudan: 1885 #15 Australian Army Campaigns Series

By: Michael Tyquin

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Australia, Big Sky Publishing: 2015

Seller ID: 002594

ISBN: 1922132993

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

The involvement of an Australian colonial military force in Britains Egyptian campaigns between 1883 and 1885 was very short, extending for only five months overall, including the pre-deployment phase. Consequently its influence on these campaigns was insignificant. Nevertheless, our involvement in the Sudan in 1885 is part of Australia's military history. This book provides the context for Australia's involvement in the Sudan, and follows operations chronologically. The call in the 1880s for jihad or 'holy war' by Sudanese leaders shows us that some of our current global challenges are not ...
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Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961-80 #177 Osprey Warrior

By: Neil Grant

Price: $22.95

Publisher: UK, Osprey Publishing: 2015

Seller ID: 9781472809629

ISBN: 1472809629

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, was one of the most innovative and successful counter-insurgency units in modern history. Formed as a commando battalion in 1964 after the dissolution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, the RLI was an all-white unit made up of South Africans and men from the UK, Europe and US. It was a key weapon in independent Rhodesia's struggle against the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army and Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army during the bloody Rhodesian Bush War. This comprehensive study explores the unit's dramatic history, revealing th...
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Category: African Wars

Rwanda Unamir 1994/95 #1 Australian Military History Series

Sudan: 1885 #15 Australian Army Campaigns Series

Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961-80 #177 Osprey Warrior