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The wars & local soldiers, 1948

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Civil War Reaches Tientsin

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 1

SINGAPORE. Thurs. (A.A.P.-Reuter): A tremendous fire visible north of Tientsin last night was the first indication that the…

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Three Christmases with the Light Horse in the 1914-18 War. Christmas in the Desert

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 2

“Out where the barren ridges look pitiless and white, Beneath the [?]ting sky at noon, and sombre in the night ;…

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Big Amsterdam Rally Protests Against War London, Mon. (A.A.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 December 1948 · page 1

In Amsterdam a meeting of several thousand persons yesterday protested against the Dutch military operations in…

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Many Dangerous War Souvenirs Being Returned

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 December 1948 · page 5

Ann; headquarters announce that the publicity which has been given to the danger of the public retaining ammunition…

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Dutch Object to Term "War" for N.e.i. Operations

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 December 1948 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Dutch are objecting to the use of the term "war" to describe the present Indonesian struggle. A protest against the definition of these…

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Homes Sought For Ex-soldiers

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 December 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The State Secretary of the R.S.L. (Mr. J. R. Lewis) today appealed to property owners to make land…

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Revision of the Commonwealth War Book

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 30 December 1948 · page 1

THE Minister for Defence (The Hon. John J. Dedman) outlined recently the planning machinery which the Government has…

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New Russian V-plan to Beat West by Means Other Than War

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 December 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.): According to Swedish experts, the Kremlin has drawn up a new V-Plan for world policy—that the downfall of capitalism can best be speeded by means other than open war. This is reported by the…

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U.s. Ready for Sub. War

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1948 · page 1

Admiral Louis Denfeld. U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, said that undersea warfare was getting priority attention in VS…

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