'A well-researched account of the battles that seized the initiative from the Japanese. The analysis is sound but its strength is its vivid description of the fighting from the soldiers' perspective.' Dr David Horner, Senior Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University 'This book is a factual account of the battles at Milne Bay and Buna-Sanananda about which very little has been written. The 18th Brigade infantry did a great job protecting tank crews who had to abandon their destroyed tanks ...
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'A well-researched account of the battles that seized the initiative from the Japanese. The analysis is sound but its strength is its vivid description of the fighting from the soldiers' perspective.' Dr David Horner, Senior Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University 'This book is a factual account of the battles at Milne Bay and Buna-Sanananda about which very little has been written. The 18th Brigade infantry did a great job protecting tank crews who had to abandon their destroyed tanks under fire.' Cec Ganderton, tank driver, 2/6th Armoured Regiment In August 1942 the Japanese staged a landing at Milne Bay in Papua New Guinea against an Australian Infantry Force of militia and AIF troops--the prize was the primitive airfield and the eventual capture of Port Moresby. A confused and desperate battle took place against a background of Japanese naval operations by night and Australian fighter support by day--this battle led to Japan's first defeat on land during World War Two. Then in November 1942, after their defeats on the Kokoda Trail and at Milne Bay, the Japanese occupied the northern beachhead
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