Drawing on material that had only just been released when this book was originally published in 1981, this book provides a graphic account of the war which, to all intents and purposes, was fought on Australian soil against Australian people - a war which came to the very door of Australia itself. When the Japanese landed at Rabaul on 23 January 1942 it was the start of one of the fiercest campaigns of the war. On that day, with only a handful of badly trained troops, led by inexperienced officers, Australia faced its most ...
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Drawing on material that had only just been released when this book was originally published in 1981, this book provides a graphic account of the war which, to all intents and purposes, was fought on Australian soil against Australian people - a war which came to the very door of Australia itself. When the Japanese landed at Rabaul on 23 January 1942 it was the start of one of the fiercest campaigns of the war. On that day, with only a handful of badly trained troops, led by inexperienced officers, Australia faced its most serious threat yet. It was to be a campaign with all the ingredients of great drama - cowardice and extraordinary courage, untrained men becoming brave, skilful fighters, torture and unimaginable brutality. On the infamous Kokoda trail, men died in their hundreds, as the Japanese advanced on Port Moresby. And when the Japanese retreated, the advancing Australian troops learnt just how brutal the fighting had been.
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Add this copy of New Guinea 1942-44 to cart. $20.40, very good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1981 by Methuen Australia.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. 224pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Prev owners name (Sgt in 11 Squadron RAAF, Catalinas) on half-title page. Foxing to jacket and page edges. From the landing of the Japanese at Rabaul in January 1942, through Kokoda and on to the retreat of the Japanese in 1944.
Add this copy of New Guinea 1942-44. [ With Insertions] to cart. $26.60, very good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1981 by Methuen Australia.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. 224pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Review copy with review embargo stamp on half-title page. Loosely inserted typescript of review by Hank Nelson; a derogatory letter about the book to the reviewer and several other inclusions. From the landing of the Japanese at Rabaul in January 1942, through Kokoda and on to the retreat of the Japanese in 1944.
Add this copy of New Guinea 1942-44 (Routledge Library Editions: World to cart. $64.39, new condition, Sold by Media Smart rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hawthorne, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Routledge.
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