Tom Gilling – Beating Rommel at El Alamein: The Role of Australia and New Zealand in North Africa
Podcast available here https://youtu.be/aoqdLZgxbG0
BEATING ROMMEL AT EL ALAMEIN: THE ROLE OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND IN THE DEFEAT OF THE AXIS IN NORTH AFRICA – TOM GILLING
Tom Gilling is a war historian and most recently author of Start Digging You Bastards! Australian and New Zealand forces’ desperate battle with Rommel and the Axis at El Alamein. On Monday 28 July, Tom Gilling addressed The Sydney Institute and gave a thrilling and blow by blow account of the outstanding action of the British [...]
THE BATTLE OF KAPYONG: AUSTRALIA’S DECISIVE ROLE IN THE KOREAN WAR
April 1951. After ten months of fighting, the Korean War hung in the balance. A single Australian battalion, backed by Kiwi gunners and American tanks, had dug in on a hilltop overlooking the Kapyong Valley, north of Seoul. Together with a Canadian battalion on a nearby hill, they were all that stood between Mao's army [...]
The Battle of Kapyong: Australia’s Decisive Role in the Korean War – Tom Gilling [Zoom]
Speaker: Tom Gilling - Author of The Diggers of Kapyong Title: The Battle of Kapyong: Australia's Decisive Role in the Korean War Date: Tuesday 21 May 2024 Time: 6 pm Venue: Delivered via Zoom PLEASE NOTE: THIS MEETING IS FOR PAID ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF THE SYDNEY INSTITUTE ONLY & 1 GUEST - If you would like to renew [...]
The Battle of Kapyong: Australia’s Decisive Role in the Korean War – Tom Gilling [Face to face]
Speaker: Tom Gilling - Author of The Diggers of Kapyong Title: The Battle of Kapyong: Australia's Decisive Role in the Korean War Date: Tuesday 21 May 2024 Time: 5.30 for 6 pm Venue: The Sydney Institute, 47 Phillip Street, (bet Bent & Bridge Sts) Sydney 2000 LIGHT REFRESHMENTS PLEASE NOTE: THIS MEETING IS FOR PAID ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF [...]