Australia 1943 : the liberation of New Guinea / edited by Peter J. Dean, [foreword by Brendan Nelson...
Australia 1943 : the liberation of New Guinea / edited by Peter J. Dean, [foreword by Brendan Nelson...
Australia 1943 : the liberation of New Guinea / edited by Peter J. Dean, [foreword by Brendan Nelson]. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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English
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1 online resource (xxx, 309 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
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MacArthur and Curtin : deciding Australian war strategy in 1943 / David Horner -- MacArthur's war : strategy, command and plans for the 1943 offensives / Peter J. Dean -- The Japanese army's search for a new South Pacific strategy, 1943 / Hiroyuki Shindo -- On the offensive : US operations in the So...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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England
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2014.
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By January 1943, Australia had emerged from the shadow of war in a strong position. The victories in 1942 at Kokoda, Guadalcanal, Buna, Gona and Sanananda had secured the northern coastlines of Papua and Australia. Australian forces were now poised for a full scale offensive to liberate New Guinea from the Japanese, the largest and most complicated...
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Australia 1943 : the liberation of New Guinea / edited by Peter J. Dean, [foreword by Brendan Nelson]. [electronic resource]
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English
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74VKaz0VplZl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaz0VplZl
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1-107-46141-3
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940.54/26
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991024402504302626
