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The British Admiralty's telegram arrived at Navy Office in Melbourne, the order to go to all-out war. It was coldly succinct: TOTAL GERMANY ... The war at sea had begun. When the Second World War broke out in September 1939, the British asked Australia for help. With some misgivings, the Australian government sent five destroyers to beef up the British Royal Navy in the Mediterranean. HMAS Vendetta, Vampire, Voyager, Stuart and Waterhen were o...

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Auf Wunsch ihrer Freundin Kate, und um ihre Beziehung aufzupeppen, lässt sich die junge Autorin Jenna auf eine Liebesnacht zu dritt ein - und die exotische Mia scheint dafür einfach perfekt zu sein... Doch während Kate der ersehnten Nacht mit Vorfreude entgegenfiebert, hat Jenna auf dem Weg zu Mia eine gehörige Portion Nervosität und Unsicherheit mit im Gepäck. Wird sie sich auf eine fremde Frau einlassen können? Jennas Anspannung ist nahezu g...

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Mike Carlton was born to controversy. His father Jimmy, a renowned Olympic athlete and later a Catholic priest, married his mother after a whirlwind wartime courtship. This scandal was hushed up at first, but eventually it made headlines. Six years later, Jimmy Carlton died in his wife's arms, felled by asthma. It was a tough beginning. Mike would have a Sydney suburban childhood where every penny counted. Unable to afford a university educati...

In 1924, when the grand old battle cruiser HMAS Australia I, once the pride of the nation, was sunk off Sydney Heads, there was a day of national mourning. In 1928, the RAN acquired a new ship of the same name, the fast, heavy cruiser HMAS Australia II, and she finally saw action when World War II began, patrolling the North Atlantic on the lookout for German battleships. By March 1942, Australia had returned home, where the ship was stunned b...

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Of all the Australians who fought in the Second World War, none saw more action nor endured so much of its hardship and horror as the crew of the cruiser HMAS Perth. Most were young--many were still teenagers--from cities and towns, villages and farms across the nation. In three tumultuous years they did battle with the forces of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, the Vichy French, and, finally, the Imperial Japanese Navy. They were nearly lost in a...

In 1928 the Royal Australian Navy acquired the cruiser HMAS Australia II, and she finally saw action in World War II, patrolling for German battleships. By March 1942, Australia had returned home, where the ship was stunned by the murder of a sailor. Before he died, he named his two attackers, who were then sentenced to death. Weeks later Australia fought in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first sea battle to stop the Japanese advance in the ...