The Kokoda Campaign 1942 :
Williams, Peter
The Kokoda Campaign 1942 : myth and reality / by Peter Williams. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - xvii, 304 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. - Australian Army history series .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-290) and index
Introduction -- Strategy -- Military intelligence-- The Nankai Shitai -- From the landing to Deniki -- Isurava -- Guadalcanal and Milne Bay -- The Japanese build-up -- First Eora-Templeton's -- Efogi -- Ioribaiwa -- Japanese artillery -- Malaria and dysentery -- The Japanese supply crisis -- Second Eora-Templeton's -- Oivi-Gorari -- The war in the air -- Conclusion
The fighting on the Kokoda track in WWII is second only to Gallipoli in the Australian national consciousness. In this important book, the author explains what really happened on the Kokoda track in 1942
9781107015944 (hbk)
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Papua New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Papua New Guinea--Kokoda
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Australian
World War, 1939-1945--Australia
Kokoda Trail (Papua New Guinea)
The Kokoda Campaign 1942 : myth and reality / by Peter Williams. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - xvii, 304 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. - Australian Army history series .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-290) and index
Introduction -- Strategy -- Military intelligence-- The Nankai Shitai -- From the landing to Deniki -- Isurava -- Guadalcanal and Milne Bay -- The Japanese build-up -- First Eora-Templeton's -- Efogi -- Ioribaiwa -- Japanese artillery -- Malaria and dysentery -- The Japanese supply crisis -- Second Eora-Templeton's -- Oivi-Gorari -- The war in the air -- Conclusion
The fighting on the Kokoda track in WWII is second only to Gallipoli in the Australian national consciousness. In this important book, the author explains what really happened on the Kokoda track in 1942
9781107015944 (hbk)
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Papua New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Papua New Guinea--Kokoda
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Australian
World War, 1939-1945--Australia
Kokoda Trail (Papua New Guinea)