60th Anniversary Series Wwii Part Twelve Kokoda And New Guinea
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60th Anniversary Series Wwii Part Twelve Kokoda And New Guinea
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60th Anniversary Series Wwii Part Eleven Battle Of The Coral Sea
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Victory In Papua
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Author : Samuel Milner
language : en
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Release Date : 2002-12
Victory In Papua written by Samuel Milner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12 with categories.
The strategic significance of the Papuan Campaign can be briefly stated. In addition to blunting the Japanese thrust toward Australia and the transpacific line of communications, it put General MacArthur's forces in a favorable position to take the offensive. But this little known campaign is significant for still another reason. It was the battle test of a large hitherto-inexperienced U.S. Army force and its commanders under the conditions which were to attend much of the ground fighting in the Pacific. Costly in casualties and suffering, it taught lessons that the Army had to learn if it was to cope with the Japanese under conditions of tropical warfare. Samuel Milner holds a graduate degree in history from the University of Alberta and has done further graduate work in political science at the University of Minnesota. During World War II, he served in Australia and New Guinea as a historian with the Air Transport Command, Army Air Forces. Upon completing Victory in Papua he left the Office of the Chief of Military History to become historian of the Air Weather Service, U.S. Air Force.
The Bone Man Of Kokoda
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Author : Charles Happell
language : en
Publisher: Pan Australia
Release Date : 2008
The Bone Man Of Kokoda written by Charles Happell and has been published by Pan Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Kokichi Nishimura was a member of the 2nd battalion, 144th Regiment of the Japanese Imperial Army. In 1942 he fought along every foot of Kokoda as the Japanese attempted to take Port Moresby. He was the only man from his company to survive the campaign. As he was evacuated to safety he made a promise that one day he would return to his comrades and bring them home to Japan for proper burial. After the war, Nishimura prospered. But under the surface, the driving ambition of his life was to fulfil his promise. In 1979, he shocked his family by returning to New Guinea to search for the remains of Japanese soldiers. For the next 25 years, Nishimura lived alone along the Kokoda Track. Armed only with a metal detector, a mattock and a shovel, he searched for his dead comrades. Over the years he found hundreds of them - some he was able to identify and return their bones to their families; others were unknown, and their remains were sent to Japan's official shrine for its war dead in Tokyo. In 2005 Nishimura, now in his mid-eighties and seriously ill, was forced to return to Japan. His story is an incredible adventure that gives us a radically different viewpoint on a battle that has become part of our national myth. Nishimura's life and quest above all offer a poignant reminder of the futility of war.
Papua New Guinea Yearbook
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language : en
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Release Date : 2003
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Kokoda
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Author : Karl James
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-03-27
Kokoda written by Karl James and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-27 with History categories.
Kokoda: Beyond the Legend provides readers with a complete understanding of this major turning point in the Second World War.
Australian Women And War
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Author : Melanie Oppenheimer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Australian Women And War written by Melanie Oppenheimer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Australia categories.
Sourced from Oppenheimer's own research and archival material from the Australian War Memorial, Australian Red Cross archives and State Libraries, Australian Women and War contains accounts of women such as Nursing Sister Nellie Gould in the Boer War and Angela Rhodes, the first Australian Military female air traffic controller to serve in Baghdad during the second Gulf War. The book also contains little known accounts of women such as Nurse Ethel Gillingham, one of the only Australian women to be a POW in WWI, and the group of Australian teachers sent to South Africa during the Boer War to work in the internment (concentration) camps.
Bougainville Before The Conflict
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Author : Anthony J Regan
language : en
Publisher: ANU Press
Release Date : 2015-08-03
Bougainville Before The Conflict written by Anthony J Regan and has been published by ANU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-03 with History categories.
One of the most beautiful island groups of the Pacific, Bougainville has a remarkable history. Tragically, it is as the site of devastating civil conflict that Bougainville is perhaps best known. In exploring the rich environmental, cultural and social heritage of Bougainville before the conflict, this collection provides an insight into the long-term causes of the crisis. In doing so, it surveys such topics as Bougainville’s prehistory and traditional cultures, the impact of German and Australian colonialism, the attempts by disparate local cultures to find a common identity, the assertion of political autonomy in the face of coercion to integrate with Papua New Guinea, and contemporary efforts to resolve conflict and plan a viable future. A landmark collaboration between expert commentators on Bougainville and Bougainvilleans themselves, this volume provides a comprehensive picture for those seeking to understand Bougainville’s history and future directions. Bougainville before the conflict was published in association with the State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project, which is supported by The Australian National University and the Commonwealth of Australia.
Solomon Islanders In World War Ii
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Author : Anna Annie Kwai
language : en
Publisher: ANU Press
Release Date : 2017-12-18
Solomon Islanders In World War Ii written by Anna Annie Kwai and has been published by ANU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-18 with History categories.
The Solomon Islands Campaign of World War II has been the subject of many published historical accounts. Most of these accounts present an ‘outsider’ perspective with limited reference to the contribution of indigenous Solomon Islanders as coastwatchers, scouts, carriers and labourers under the Royal Australian Navy and other Allied military units. Where islanders are mentioned, they are represented as ‘loyal’ helpers. The nature of local contributions in the war and their impact on islander perceptions are more complex than has been represented in these outsiders’ perspectives. Islander encounters with white American troops enabled self-awareness of racial relationships and inequality under the colonial administration, which sparked struggles towards recognition and political autonomy that emerged in parts of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate in the postwar period. Exploitation of postwar military infrastructure by the colonial administration laid the foundation for later sociopolitical upheaval experienced by the country. In the aftermath of the 1998 crisis, the supposed unity and pride that prevailed among islanders during the war has been seen as an avenue whereby different ethnic identities can be unified. This national unification process entailed the construction of the ‘Pride of our Nation’ monument that aims to restore the pride and identity of Solomon Islanders.
The Medical Department
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Author : Mary Ellen Condon-Rall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
The Medical Department written by Mary Ellen Condon-Rall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Medicine, Military categories.