About this episode

Peter Mitchell discusses a lesser-known event in Australia's military history and the role of creative non-fiction.

In this interview Peter Mitchell gives a detailed account of a little known event in Australia's military history - the fighting on Java in the opening weeks of the Pacific War. He also provides an insight into the benefits of creative non-fiction as a means of providing factual details about an event while also providing a good story for the readers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Warwick O'Neill

Guest: Peter Mitchell

Topics covered

• military history
• Java
• Pacific War
• creative non-fiction
• Australia

Keywords

• Australia
• military history
• Java
• Pacific War
• creative non-fiction

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Places: Australia, Pacific War

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