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The Battle for Shaggy Ridge
The extraordinary story of the Australian campaign against the Japanese in New Guinea's Finisterre mountains in 1943-44
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The Battle for Shaggy Ridge
The extraordinary story of the Australian campaign against the Japanese in New Guinea's Finisterre mountains in 1943-44
About this book
An enlightening re-examination of an important campaign following the experiences of the men from both sides.
'You climb and climb . . . This is the field of battle . . . tonight some of us will be dead . . . You'll never forget Shaggy Ridge.' - Shawn O'Leary
From the killing ground of Kaiapit to the treacherous heights of the Finisterre Range, for four months in 1943-44 the Australian army fought to drive the Japanese from their mountain strongholds. The most formidable position was the fortress-like Shaggy Ridge, its steep sides rising sharply to a knife-edge crest where battle was joined on a one-man front.
Based on the accounts of over a hundred Australians, Americans and Japanese who served on, around and over the ridge, The Battle for Shaggy Ridge tells the story of this extraordinary struggle for control of the Ramu Valley in New Guinea.
'You climb and climb . . . This is the field of battle . . . tonight some of us will be dead . . . You'll never forget Shaggy Ridge.' - Shawn O'Leary
From the killing ground of Kaiapit to the treacherous heights of the Finisterre Range, for four months in 1943-44 the Australian army fought to drive the Japanese from their mountain strongholds. The most formidable position was the fortress-like Shaggy Ridge, its steep sides rising sharply to a knife-edge crest where battle was joined on a one-man front.
Based on the accounts of over a hundred Australians, Americans and Japanese who served on, around and over the ridge, The Battle for Shaggy Ridge tells the story of this extraordinary struggle for control of the Ramu Valley in New Guinea.
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Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- ALSO BY THE AUTHOR
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF MAPS
- CHAPTER 1 KAIAPIT
- CHAPTER 2 TO THE END OF THE EARTH
- CHAPTER 3 ‘HOP IN FOR YOUR BLOODY CHOP’
- CHAPTER 4 ‘DO OR DIE’
- CHAPTER 5 ‘WE’D OUTFOUGHT THEM THERE’
- CHAPTER 6 ‘THE BRIG WANTS THAT HILL TONIGHT, MAC’
- CHAPTER 7 ONTO SHAGGY RIDGE
- CHAPTER 8 KESAWAI
- CHAPTER 9 MISSING
- CHAPTER 10 THE ONE-MAN FRONT
- CHAPTER 11 THE PIMPLE
- CHAPTER 12 18TH BRIGADE
- CHAPTER 13 PROTHERO
- CHAPTER 14 LIFE AND DEATH ON SHAGGY RIDGE
- CHAPTER 15 ‘YOU’LL NEVER FORGET SHAGGY RIDGE’
- CHAPTER 16 TO KANKIRYO
- PICTURE SECTION
- EPILOGUE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX