The RAAF War in the South West Pacific
Part of Aviation in the Pacific Week on WW2TV
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More WW2TV content about New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
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Our special guest today is Ben Kite. Ben is a serving Major General in the British Army. Currently he is in Intelligence but has also served with the infantry, Royal Marines (SBS). US Marines, RAF and US Cybercom. He was deployed to areas such as Belize, Germany, Bosnia, Kurdistan, South Africa (post apartheid mentoring), Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan (where he received an OBE for commanding a Military Intelligence Battalion).He has instructed at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and is a graduate of the Higher Command and Staff Course. Ben is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of the British Commission for Military History. He is the author of three books - Stout Hearts - British and Canadians in Normandy in 2014 - signed copies available at his website to viewers in the UK [ Ссылка ]

Ben's books are also available:
Through Adversity: The British and the Commonwealth War in the Air 1939-45. Volume 1 by Ben Kite
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Undaunted: The British and the Commonwealth War in the Air 1939-45. Volume 2 by Ben Kite
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Other Aviation Shows on WW2TV
Through Adversity - Lessons Learned in the Battle of Britain [ Ссылка ]
Air Sea Rescue in the Battle of Britain and Beyond [ Ссылка ]
Women in the Battle of Britain (The WAAF and other units) [ Ссылка ]
Sailor Malan - Freedom Fighter in the Battle of Britain and Beyond [ Ссылка ]
The Battle of Britain in Popular Memory [ Ссылка ]
The Other Few - Bomber Command in the Battle of Britain [ Ссылка ]

Other Australia at War shows on WW2TV
Australians in Bougainville 1944/45 [ Ссылка ]
The Kokoda Track - Australians in New Guinea [ Ссылка ]
An Australian Band of Brothers [ Ссылка ]
The Battle for Shaggy Ridge - New Guinea WW2 [ Ссылка ]
Australian Spitfire Squadrons in Normandy [ Ссылка ]
We Together - 451 Squadron RAAF at War [ Ссылка ]
Japanese Attacks on Darwin and Northern Australia 1942 [ Ссылка ]

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