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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
Tag	Description
001	$ 000065147687
020	$a9781760632588 (paperback)
020	$a1760632589 (paperback)
082	$a940.54265
100	$aBradley, Phillip,$d1955-,
260	$aCrows Nest, NSW :$bAllen & Unwin,$c2019.
300	$axiv, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm.
504	$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	$aThe 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.
650	$aCombined operations (Military science)
650	$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAmphibious operations
650	$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns
650	$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Australian.
651	$aLae (Papua New Guinea)$xHistory, Military$y20th century.