
The Path of Infinite Sorrow
The Japanese on the Kokoda Track
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The story of the bloody Kokoda campaign, told through the personal experiences of the Japanese soldiers
We were all skin and bone, as if our stomachs were stuck to the inside wall of our back.
The Australian story of Kokoda has been told often from the perspective of the Australians. Now, for the first time ever, the full Japanese story of Kokoda is told, a poignant tale of comradeship and heartrending suffering. This is a very human story of the other side, told through the eyes of Japanese soldiers who were there. It draws from a range of firsthand sourcesāinterviews with survivors, diaries that soldiers left behind, memoirs written after the war, and what has survived of the records of the Japanese military. Full of painful recollections and startling wartime revelations, this is the lesser-known story of a tragic battle that continues to haunt survivors from both sides.
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Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- MAPS
- 1. ON IORIBAIWA RIDGE
- 2. EMPIRE AND EMPEROR
- 3. THE ROAD TO TOTAL WAR
- 4. FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA
- 5. FORWARD BASE RABAUL
- 6. THE TAKING OF KOKODA
- 7. THE FATEFUL DELAY
- 8. MILNE BAY
- 9. TO THE END OF THE LINE
- 10. āCHANGE THE MARCHING DIRECTIONā
- 11. BUYING TIME
- 12. GENERAL HORIIāS LAST STAND
- 13. DUG IN ON SWAMPLAND
- 14. MADNESS AND DESPERATION
- 15. ON THE TRACK TO SANANANDA
- 16. BUNA FALLS
- 17. EVACUATION
- 18. THE LONG JOURNEY HOME
- 19. OUT OF THE ASHES
- 20. THE PATH OF INFINITE SORROW
- APPENDIX I: JAPANESE SOLDIERS APPEARING IN THIS BOOK
- APPENDIX II: THE JAPANESE MILITARY HIERARCHY
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS