| Description |
xiii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction. Tarakan, fifty years on -- 'We're heading for Japan' : Tarakan -- stepping stone to nowhere -- 'The boys who do the landing' : the men and units of Oboe One Force -- 'To capture Tarakan' : planning Operation Oboe One -- 'The barrage is lifting; we're just about to land' : P-Day, 1 May 1945 -- 'Heading for the airstrip' : the first week -- the airstrip, Tarakan Hill and Sykes -- 'Then push up from the beachhead' : the second week -- Tiger, Crazy Ridge and Helen -- 'Carry on without a frown' : the third week -- the patrol fight and the airstrip -- 'We've got to climb the razorback" : Freda and Margy -- 'There's fire from Nippon's pillbox' : the corporal's fight for Fukukaku -- 'This lousy joint' : capitulation -- 'Oboe One is over' : occupation and departure, 1945 -- 'We're sure to have the memory' : looking back on Tarakan -- Appendices |
| Summary |
"In 1945, 240 Australians died taking the small Borneo island of Tarakan from the Japanese. The tragedy of Tarakan was that by the time they succeeded, they need not have begun. Peter Stanley explores that battle, what it was like and what it means to us over fifty years on. He traces the operation from its origins in MacArthur's GHQ, down to the rifle sections patrolling in Tarakan's rugged jungle. Tarakan: An Australian Tragedy suggests new ways of looking at Australia's experience of war. It critically appraises the view that the Borneo campaign was unnecessary, arguing that it was a justifiable operation doomed by the politics of coalition warfare and by bad planning..."--Publisher's information |
| Analysis |
Australian Army |
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Defence personnel |
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History, 1901-1945 |
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Indonesia |
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Special military operations |
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Tarakan |
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World War 2 |
| Notes |
Includes roll of honour |
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N copy signed by author. ANL |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Australia. Australian Army. Infantry Brigade, 26th
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Borneo.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Indonesia -- Tarakan Island.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Australia.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Indonesia -- Tarakan Island.
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Tarakan Island (Indonesia) -- History, Military.
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives.
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| LC no. |
97158056 |
| ISBN |
1864482788 |
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