Valiant for Truth [electronic resource] : The Life of Chester Wilmot, War Correspondent
Peter Brune2017
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Chester Wilmot (1911-1954) was a renowned Australian war correspondent,
broadcaster, journalist and writer. Covering the first triumphant North African
battles of Bardia, Tobruk and Derna, the heartbreaking disaster of the Greek
Campaign, the epic struggle along the famed Kokoda Track, the momentous
amphibious invasion at Normandy and the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany, his
voice stood above all others during BBC and ABC broadcasts throughout WWII.
Following the war he continued reporting and broadcasting, and published The
Struggle for Europe, his classic account of the Normandy invasion and its
aftermath. He was tragically killed in the crash of the BOAC Comet over Greece
in 1954, returning from Australia where he had been covering the Royal Tour.
Valiant for Truth charts Wilmot's exceptional life as he reported key events of
the twentieth century. It contains the most complete account to date of the
command crisis in New Guinea in 1942 and his extraordinary feud with Au...
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Author:
Peter Brune, Author
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[Place of publication not identified] : New South, 2017
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1 online resource (1 text file) (448 pages, 1.0349222E7 Bytes,)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781742242583
Language:
English
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437535
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