Turning point : the Battle for Milne Bay 1942 : Japan's first land defeat in World War II / Michael...
Turning point : the Battle for Milne Bay 1942 : Japan's first land defeat in World War II / Michael...
Turning point : the Battle for Milne Bay 1942 : Japan's first land defeat in World War II / Michael Veitch.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2019.
Call Numbers
H 2019/3596
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xvii, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 20 cm.
Content type
cartographic image
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue: A jungle runway -- 1. A peculiar battle -- 2. The obscure outpost -- 3. The race for a base -- 4. The build-up -- 5. Where are the Japanese? -- 6. Field takes charge -- 7. An unexpected arrival -- 8. The Kittyhawks arrive -- 9. Problems with the camp -- 10. The pilots settle in -- 11. Sile...
Publication information
Publisher
Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2019.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
Told for the first time, this is the epic story of the Milne Bay campaign of 1942 - which saw Japanese land forces suffer their first defeat of the war - and has properly been called the RAAF's forgotten finest hour. September 1942 marked the high-point of Axis conquest in World War II. In the Pacific, Japan's soldiers had seemed unstoppable. Howev...
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Full title
Turning point : the Battle for Milne Bay 1942 : Japan's first land defeat in World War II / Michael Veitch.
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Battle for Milne Bay 1942 : Japan's first land defeat in World War II
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General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-326) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2019.
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Call Numbers
H 2019/3596
Record Identifier
74VKV5rNVEa3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV5rNVEa3
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ISBN
9780733640551 paperback
DDC
940.5426541
MMS ID
991024269616802626
