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A very different war : RAAF operations in the Korean War / Owen Zupp.

A very different war : RAAF operations in the Korean War / Owen Zupp.
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ISBN 9781923004962
Author Zupp, Owen (author)
Title A very different war : RAAF operations in the Korean War / Owen Zupp.
Other title Royal Australian Air Force operations in the Korean war
Publisher and/or associated date/s Newport, NSW : Big Sky Publishing, [2023]
©2023.
Description 192 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 25 cm.
Series Australian Air Campaign series 8
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "The Korean War lies between the enormity of the Second World War and the controversy of Vietnam. Although it often slips through the cracks of history, it represented a global shift as two opposing ideologies clashed and the Cold War heated up. The fledgling United Nations was called to act, and Australia joined the 21 nations committed to supporting South Korea. In the ensuing three years, the RAAF gained respect among its peers and the attention of the opposing military powers. When the war reached a crisis point, with UN forces pinned down and threatened with being pushed off the peninsula into the sea, the RAAF was at the epicentre. During the war, the RAAF entered the jet age, and the transition was not without challenges and losses. Ultimately, a generation of RAAF leaders emerged from the ranks of sergeant pilots and junior officers who underwent their baptism of fire on the Korean Peninsula. Using No 77 Squadron operations as a timeline, this concise history of the RAAF involvement in the war examines the roles of the transport unit, nurses, ground crews, prisoners of war and those who still have no known resting place."--Back cover.
Subjects Australia. -- Royal Australian Air Force
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Australia
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, Australian
Air pilots, Military -- Australia
Australia -- History, Military -- 20th century
Series Australian Air Campaign series 8.
Call number 2024.123
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