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Author Bradley, Phillip, author.

Title D-Day New Guinea : the extraordinary story of the battle for Lae and the greatest combined airborne and amphibious operation of the Pacific War / Phillip Bradley
Published Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2019
©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Contents Cover; Also by the author; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS AND SKETCHES; ABBREVIATIONS; PROLOGUE; Chapter 1: THE OBSERVATION GAME; Chapter 2: 'SUCH A DANGEROUS LOOKING MOB'; Chapter 3: 'WE WILL DIE FIGHTING'; Chapter 4: MOUNTAINS TO CLIMB; Chapter 5: THE SECRET AIRBASE; Chapter 6: MACARTHUR'S NAVY; Chapter 7: AIRBORNE INFANTRY; Chapter 8: D-DAY DAWNS; Chapter 9: 'THE WOLF AT THE BACK GATE'; Chapter 10: 'A TERRIFYING BUT MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE'; Chapter 11: 'FIX BAYONETS'; Chapter 12: 'A PRECARIOUS RETREAT'; Chapter 13: 'LIKE BEGGARS IN A PROCESSION'
Chapter 14: BEYOND LAEACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Pic Section; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary The most complete telling of one of the most significant campaigns of the Pacific War and Australia's role in it
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Australian
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese
Military campaigns
Military participation -- American
Military participation -- Australian
Military participation -- Japanese
SUBJECT Lae (Papua New Guinea) -- History, Military -- 20th century
Subject New Guinea
Papua New Guinea -- Lae
Genre/Form Military history
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781760870942
1760870943