D-Day New Guinea
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D-Day New Guinea

The Extraordinary Story of the Battle for Lae and the Greatest Combined Airborne and Amphibious Operation of the Pacific War

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D-Day New Guinea

The Extraordinary Story of the Battle for Lae and the Greatest Combined Airborne and Amphibious Operation of the Pacific War

About this book

'Java is heaven, Burma is hell, but you never come back alive from New Guinea' - Japanese military saying
The capture of Lae was the most complex operation for the Australian army in the Second World War. In many ways it was also a rehearsal for the D-Day invasion of France, with an amphibious landing combined with the first successful large-scale Allied airborne operation of the war. D-Day New Guinea brings together the extraordinary stories of the Australian, American and Japanese participants in this battle, and of the fight against the cloying jungle, the raging rivers and the soaring mountain ranges that made New Guinea such a daunting battlefield.
Phillip Bradley brings a compelling clarity, humanity and new insight into a little known but crucial Australian battle of the Pacific War.

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Information

Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9781760870942
Edition
0
Topic
History
Subtopic
World War II
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. ALSO BY THE AUTHOR
  3. TITLE PAGE
  4. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  5. DEDICATION
  6. CONTENTS
  7. LIST OF MAPS AND SKETCHES
  8. ABBREVIATIONS
  9. PROLOGUE
  10. CHAPTER 1 THE OBSERVATION GAME
  11. CHAPTER 2 ‘SUCH A DANGEROUS LOOKING MOB’
  12. CHAPTER 3 ‘WE WILL DIE FIGHTING’
  13. CHAPTER 4 MOUNTAINS TO CLIMB
  14. CHAPTER 5 THE SECRET AIRBASE
  15. CHAPTER 6 MACARTHUR’S NAVY
  16. CHAPTER 7 AIRBORNE INFANTRY
  17. CHAPTER 8 D-DAY DAWNS
  18. CHAPTER 9 ‘THE WOLF AT THE BACK GATE’
  19. CHAPTER 10 ‘A TERRIFYING BUT MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE’
  20. CHAPTER 11 ‘FIX BAYONETS’
  21. CHAPTER 12 ‘A PRECARIOUS RETREAT’
  22. CHAPTER 13 ‘LIKE BEGGARS IN A PROCESSION’
  23. CHAPTER 14 BEYOND LAE
  24. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  25. PIC SECTION
  26. NOTES
  27. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  28. INDEX