Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Cover; Also by the author; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS AND SKETCHES; ABBREVIATIONS; PROLOGUE; Chapter 1: THE OBSERVATION GAME; Chapter 2: 'SUCH A DANGEROUS LOOKING MOB'; Chapter 3: 'WE WILL DIE FIGHTING'; Chapter 4: MOUNTAINS TO CLIMB; Chapter 5: THE SECRET AIRBASE; Chapter 6: MACARTHUR'S NAVY; Chapter 7: AIRBORNE INFANTRY; Chapter 8: D-DAY DAWNS; Chapter 9: 'THE WOLF AT THE BACK GATE'; Chapter 10: 'A TERRIFYING BUT MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE'; Chapter 11: 'FIX BAYONETS'; Chapter 12: 'A PRECARIOUS RETREAT'; Chapter 13: 'LIKE BEGGARS IN A PROCESSION' |
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Chapter 14: BEYOND LAEACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Pic Section; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
Summary |
The most complete telling of one of the most significant campaigns of the Pacific War and Australia's role in it |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- New Guinea.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Australian
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese
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Military campaigns
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Military participation -- American
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Military participation -- Australian
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Military participation -- Japanese
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SUBJECT |
Lae (Papua New Guinea) -- History, Military -- 20th century
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Subject |
New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea -- Lae
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Genre/Form |
Military history
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781760870942 |
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1760870943 |
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