Hell's Battlefield [electronic resource] : The Australians in New Guinea in World War II.
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Hell's Battlefield [electronic resource] : The Australians in New Guinea in World War II.
Hell's Battlefield [electronic resource] : The Australians in New Guinea in World War II.
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Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2012.
Date
2012.
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English
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1 online resource (544 p.)
Contents
Half title; Title; Imprint; Dedication; CONTENTS; MAPS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1. Papua New Guinea; INVASION; 1 'See you in hell, fellers'; 2. Rabaul; 3. Gazelle Peninsula; 2 'Whacco'; 4. Salamaua: 29 June 1942; KOKODA TO MILNE BAY; 3 'An army in retreat, my boy. Not very pretty, is it?'; 5. K...
10. Buna: 2/9th Battalion, 18-23 December 19428 Ducit Amor Patriae; 11. Buna: 23 December 1942-2 January 1943; 9 'We sleep and eat amongst the dead here'; 12. Sanananda: 20 November 1942-22 January 1943; WAU - SALAMAUA; 10 'They came like the rain'; 13. Wau to Mubo area; 11 'A horrible dream'; 14. B...
15 'A sense of hell'19. Lae operations: 4-16 September 1943; 16 'We were just bloody good'; 20. Kaiapit: 19-20 September 1943; 17 'I know it's hard, son, but it has to be done'; 21. Ramu Valley to Huon Peninsula; 22. Pallier's Hill: 11 October 1943; 18 'They didn't know the country was impassable';...
21 The waiting game29. Bougainville; 22 'This hellish business doesn't make headline news'; 30. Aitape to Wewak: December 1944-August 1945; 23 Endings; Appendix 1: Casualties; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index.
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Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2012.
Date Published
2012.
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The first single volume history to cover all the battles fought by the Australians against the Japanese in Papua New Guinea.
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Hell's Battlefield [electronic resource] : The Australians in New Guinea in World War II.
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74VvxaBamgp3
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9781743430644
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820.80994 994
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991016761939702626
