Bibliograph

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

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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, Phillip Bradley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

D-Day New Guinea

Responsibility statement

Phillip Bradley

Sub title

the extraordinary story of the battle for Lae and the greatest combined airborne and amphibious operation of the Pacific War

Summary

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. But this is not just a book about a successful military campaign that changed the course of the war in New Guinea. It also brings together the extraordinary stories of the Australian, American and Japanese participants in the battle, and of the fight against the cloying jungle, the raging rivers and 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

Target audience

adult

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