Chemical Warfare in Australia: Australia's Involvement in Chemical Warfare 1914 - Today (Australian Army History Collection)
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (786 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0987427903 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 772 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Plunkett has done an excellent job collecting historic photos and getting diggers to tell their own stories about the hazardous work they did and the dreadful experiment conducted on them which they had to keep secret for decades" - Sun Herald. It's also interesting it is published by the Defence Department's own history unit, Hopefully, this signifies a new era of openness. "This hefty history of the World War II unit that handled Australia's secret chemical weapons is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of a part of the war that was covered up by the military for 50 years
Reference chem book Amazon Customer Good book, covers a lot of information on chemical warfare in WW II, think there might be one or two errors but not bad enough to warrant not buying this book
This remarkable book contains over 300 photographs - many taken surreptitiously - that illustrate all too starkly the conditions and the danger to which these men were exposed. They were the Chemical Warfare Armourers and almost every armourer suffered physically and often mentally from the effects of the weapons and the terrible burden of maintaining secrecy. This meticulously researched book unearths a sixty year secret. Most of all, this is the story of the men who lived with the deadly weapons on a daily basis, handling them constantly despite the immense risks and suffering as a consequence. Forced to counter the chemical warfare threat, Australia covertly imported 1,000,000 chemical weapons - including 16 types of mustard gas - and hid them in tunnels and other sites around the country. This book tells the story of the importation, storage and 'live trials' of the deadly weapons. As the Japanese swept south towards Australia in late 1941, they carried chemical weapons, already used with deadly effect in China. It reveals details of the chemical warfare agents themselves, Australia's retaliatory plans, the involvement of the USA, the lack of training of the weapons handlers and, finally, the dangerous disposal of the volatile agents. This is an un