The Battle for Wau: New Guinea's Frontline 1942–1943

by Phillip Bradley

• ISBN13: 9780521896818
• ISBN10: 0521896819
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-19
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The partnership between the Australian Army and Cambridge University Press aims to produce high-quality military history for a worldwide audience. Focused on the history of the army, its people and its role in the development of the nation, the Australian Army History series provides readers with fresh, thoroughly researched titles written by the nation's pre-eminent military historians. The Australian Army is pleased to collaborate with one of the world's most respected publishers in promoting our proud and distinct military history and heritage. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Prologue	p. xvii
Salamaua Falls	p. 1
Commandos	p. 20
Scorched earth	p. 41
Undermined	p. 61
Convoy	p. 74
Assault on Mubo	p. 91
17th Brigade	p. 112
'They came like the rain'	p. 136
'Life blood of green'	p. 166
Force of arms	p. 191
Lost airmen	p. 210
Retreat from Wau	p. 223
Conclusion	p. 240
Notes	p. 246
Abbreviations	p. 267
Bibliography	p. 268
Index	p. 275
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