The Military History Society of NSW

"From the Editor" column of the Spring 2024 Issue of Reconnaissance , the quarterly magazine of The Military History Society of New South Wales. Welcome to the Spring 2024 Issue of Reconnaissance . Angus Britts is an Australian naval historian and author of four books dealing, particularly, with the British Imperial experience, including in the Pacific theatre of World War II. He has presented to our Society on two occasions and both times left the audience with a much clearer perception of the imperatives that drove the course and outcome of the Pacific War. On 6th April this year, Angus homed in on the strategic and doctrinal thinking behind Japan’s naval operations over the fateful years 1941 to 1945, the year of catastrophic defeat. In this issue of Reconnaissance, we are pleased to publish an article version of that lecture. Most people could be excused for assuming that the Japanese behaved in similar ways to other imperial powers. Having decided to capture and occ

  On the 6 April 1941 the German Army launched its attack against the Greeks on the Metaxas Line and the Imperial Expeditionary Force at Florina. The Allied force was pushed off Greece by 28 April and so began the Battle of Crete. Join our memorial tour lead by Lt-Colonel Ron Lyons (retd), Vice President, Military History Society of NSW, in conjunction with Battlefield History Tours, to Greece and Crete visiting the battlefields where the 6th Division and the New Zealand Division confronted the German Army. This is a special tour developed for the very special purpose that we hope will, in a small way, ensure that this part of Australian and New Zealand history is not forgotten. As we visit the battle sites, each with an informative briefing, we will meet the local dignitaries who maintain our military heritage and pay our respects at the resting places of our fallen. ABOUT BATTLEFIELD HISTORY TOURS www.battlefieldhistorytours.com.au Battlefield History Tours is one of Australia’s lead