Divisi ke-9 (Australia)
Divisi ke-9 adalah sebuah divisi dari Angkatan Darat Australia yang bertugas saat Perang Dunia II. Ini adalah divisi keempat yang ditingkatkan untuk Pasukan Kekaisaran Australia Kedua (Second Australian Imperial Force, 2nd AIF).
| Divisi Australia ke-9 | |
|---|---|
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| Aktif | 1940–1946 |
| Negara |  Australia |
| Cabang | Pasukan Kekaisaran Australia Kedua |
| Tipe unit | Infanteri |
| Jumlah personel | ~16,000–18,000 personil.[1] |
| Julukan | "The Rats of Tobruk"; "The Magnificent 9th" |
| Pertempuran | Perang Dunia II |
| Tokoh | |
| Tokoh berjasa | Sir Leslie Morshead George Wootten |
Catatan
- Catatan kaki
- Kutipan
- ^ Johnston (2002), p. xi.
Referensi
- Bierman, John; Smith, Colin (2002). Alemein: War Without Hate. London: Viking. ISBN 0-670-91109-7.
- Coulthard-Clark, Chris (1998). The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles. Sydney, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-611-2.
- Johnston, Mark (2002). That Magnificent 9th: An Illustrated History of the 9th Australian Division 1940–46. Sydney, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-654-1.
- Johnston, Mark (2007). The Australian Army in World War II. Elite. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-123-6.
- Keogh, Eustace (1965). The South West Pacific 1941–45. Melbourne, Victoria: Grayflower Productions. OCLC 7185705.
- Latimer, Jon (2002). Alamein. London: John Murray. ISBN 978-0-674-01016-1.
- Long, Gavin (1963). The Final Campaigns. Australia in the War of 1939–1945, Series 1—Army. Volume VII (edisi ke-1st). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 1297619.
- Maughan, Barton (1966). Tobruk to El Alamein. Australia in the War of 1939–1945, Series 1—Army. Volume III (edisi ke-1st). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 954993.
- Miller, Ward (1986). The 9th Australian Division Versus the Africa Corps: An Infantry Division Against Tanks—Tobruk, Libya, 1941. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: US Army Command and Staff College. OCLC 14129655.
- Neave, Denny; Smith, Craig (2009). Aussie Soldier Prisoners of War. Newport, New South Wales: Big Sky Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9803251-5-7.
