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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
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Australia in the War of 1939-1945: The New Guinea offensives, by D. Dexter
Author: Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Vol. VI: The New Guinea Offensives
Author: David DexterPublisher:
ISBN: 9781783310029
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 922
Book Description
This volume relates how the Australian Army, supported by Allied naval and air forces, and with the help of some American regiments, drove the Japanese out of most of the mainland of Australian New Guinea in 1943 and early 1944. It also describes the concurrent operations of the American Army and amphibious forces in the Pacific.When the history opens in April 1943 the only infantry in contact with the Japanese in the Pacific area is the incomplete 3rd Australian Division (mainly the 17th Brigade). There appears to be a jungle stalemate in the tangle of mountains overlooking the Japanese base at Salamaua. But the Allies are preparing and in September 1943 the offensive opens in which the Australian Army drives the Japanese from Lae and Salamaua, and later from the Huon Peninsula and the Ramu Valley. Finally the defeated and starving XVIII Japanese Army is in full retreat across the Sepik River towards Wewak. In the New Guinea operations described in this volume about 35,000 Japanese perished; the Australians who were killed in action or died of illness numbered fewer than 1,300.Throughout the campaigns four Australian divisions were employed. By mid-1944 Australia's military strength was, for the time being, almost spent, having borne the main burden of the fighting on land in the South-West Pacific from the outset. Early in 1944 the Sixth American Army had begum to take over the main tasks and by September, in successive amphibious strides, had reached as far as Morotai.
The New Guinea Offensives
Author: David DexterPublisher:
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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The New Guinea Offensives
Author: David St. Alban DexterPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 851
Book Description
Australia in the War of 1939-1945
Author: Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Series 1, Army, Vol 6 - The New Guinea Offensive
Author: Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 48 - 1962
Author: Publisher: Aust. Bureau of Statistics
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Languages : en
Pages : 1310
Book Description
The New Guinea Offensivens
Author: David DexterAustralia 1943
Author: Peter J. DeanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107037999
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Australia 1943 is the first detailed single-volume study of Australia's military operations in the Pacific during 1943 - Australia's 'finest hour' in the Second World War. It investigates critical operations from January 1943 to April 1944, including Salamaua, Lae/Nadzab, Finschhafen, Shaggy Ridge, the Markham Valley and the Huon Peninsula.
The Hard Slog
Author: Karl JamesPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107017327
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
The first major study since 1963 to examine the historic Australian military campaign of 1944-1945 at Bougainville in the South Pacific.