Australia 1944-45 : victory in the Pacific / edited by Peter J. Dean. [electronic resource]
Australia 1944-45 : victory in the Pacific / edited by Peter J. Dean. [electronic resource]
Australia 1944-45 : victory in the Pacific / edited by Peter J. Dean. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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English
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1 online resource (xxvi, 359 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Foreword; Contents; Maps and chart; Figures and table; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Military symbols on maps; Introduction; Part 1 Strategy; Part 2 Australia at war; Part 3 Green Armour and Special Operati...
Chapter 3 Holding on to the Finish: The Japanese Army in the South and Southwest Pacific, 1944-45Chapter 4 The Long Silence: Australian Prisoners of the Japanese; Chapter 5 Total War on the Australian Home Front, 1943-45; Chapter 6 Learning and Adapting for Jungle Warfare, 1942-45: The Australian an...
Chapter 10 'Given a second rate job': Campaigns in Aitape-Wewak and New Britain, 1944-45Chapter 11 More Than Mopping Up: Bougainville; Chapter 12 Amphibious Warfare: Training and Logistics, 1942-45; Chapter 13 'To capture Tarakan': Was Operation Oboe 1 Unnecessary?; Chapter 14 'Unique in the history...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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England
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
The years 1944 and 1945 were pivotal in the development of Australia's approach to strategy during the Second World War and beyond. While the main battlefront of the Pacific War had moved further north, Australian air, land and sea forces continued to make a significant contribution to the Allied campaign and towards achieving Australia's strategic...
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Australia 1944-45 : victory in the Pacific / edited by Peter J. Dean. [electronic resource]
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Dec 2015).
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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74VKaz0XVAoy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaz0XVAoy
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ISBN
1-316-03192-6
1-316-02855-0
1-316-44284-5
1-316-02807-0
1-316-03000-8
1-316-02952-2
1-316-01544-0
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940.54/26
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991024402516802626
