Four books and ten articles, chapters, and commissioned reports on the Second World War, the Kokoda Campaign, and the Gallipoli campaign — published between 2005 and 2021 by Cambridge University Press, Pen & Sword, Wiley, the Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs, and Wartime Magazine.
A rare English-language perspective on the war as experienced by those who fought for the Emperor.
First-person accounts from Japanese veterans of the Pacific War, drawn from years of fieldwork. A rare English-language perspective on the war as experienced by those who fought on the Japanese side.
ISBN 9781682477373
A re-examination of the Kokoda Campaign that returns to the primary sources.
A re-examination of the Kokoda Campaign drawing on Japanese and Australian archival sources, testing the popular narrative against what the records say.
ISBN 9781107015944
An accessible introduction to the Kokoda campaign for general readers, covering the people, places, and battles of Australia's most-remembered WWII campaign.
Turkish-language account of the Battle of Anzac Ridge (Kanlısırt / Bloody Ridge) on 25 April 1915, drawing on both Ottoman and Allied sources.
Williams's career centre of gravity — the Japanese experience of the Pacific War, drawn from Japanese primary sources rarely read in English.
The Kokoda Track campaign of 1942 — Australia's defining WWII engagement in Papua New Guinea. Williams's books and DVA-commissioned reports are widely cited.
Early work on Gallipoli (from both Anzac and Ottoman perspectives) plus later reports on Australia's Korean War and the Australian presence in wartime Britain.
Peter writes and consults on Australian military history — past clients include the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Email askme@peterdwilliams.com.