The Battle of Bardia. Australian Army Campaigns Series 9/ by Stockings, Craig - 2011

Canberra: Army History Unit, Department of Defence, 2011. 166pp, index,bibliography, num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card with integral (French) flaps. Brief gift note on title page otherwise excellent. On the morning of 3 January, 1941, Australians of the 6th Division ledan assault against the Italian colonial fortress-villageof Bardia in Libya. The ensuing battlewasthe secondof the First Libyan Campaign, but the first of the war to be planned and fought predominantlyby Australians. At a cost of 130 killed and 326 wounded, the 6th Division captured around 40000 Italian prisoners and large quantities of military stores and equipment.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to.