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Author Powell, Alan, 1936-

Title The third force : ANGAU's New Guinea War, 1942-46 / Alan Powell
Published South Melbourne, Vic. : Oxford University Press, 2003

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS  995.403 Pow/Tfa  DUE 03-05-24
 MELB  995.403 Pow/Tfa  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 292 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Series Australian Army history series
Australian Army history series.
Contents Land, peoples and organisation -- ANGAU in the early campaigns -- The later campaigns, 1943-45 -- ANGAU's Australians -- ANGAU's papuans and New Guineans -- The end of ANGAU
Summary The Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU), an Australian Army unit, superseded the civilian government of Papua New Guinea early in 1942 and administered the area until mid-1946. This book traces all major aspects of the ANGAU's war, providing a study of PNG interaction with the Australian and American armed forces in WWII
Analysis Australian Army
World War 2
Papua New Guinea
Regional administration
Political conditions
History
Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 280-284
Subject Australia. Australian Army. Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit. -- History
Australia New Guinea Administrative Unit -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Papua New Guinea.
SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- History, Military -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006110
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- History, Military http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005863 -- 1939-1945
Papua New Guinea -- Politics and government -- To 1975. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097694
Genre/Form History.
Military history.
LC no. 2003464681
ISBN 0195516397 :