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New Guinea: The Allied Jungle Campaign in World War II (Stackpole Military Photo Series)
Jon Diamond
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Description for New Guinea: The Allied Jungle Campaign in World War II (Stackpole Military Photo Series)
Paperback. Series: Stackpole Military Photo Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; 3JJH; HBJQ; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 280 x 13. Weight in Grams: 790.
New Guinea describes in archival photographs with accompanying detailed captions and chapter narratives the conflict between the Australian-American forces under General MacArthur in combating the tenacious Japanese first in Papua in 1942-43 and then along the entire northern coast of the world’s second largest island in 1943-44 to both isolate the Japanese bastion at Rabaul and pave the way for the American invasion of the Philippine Islands in 1944-45.
New Guinea describes in archival photographs with accompanying detailed captions and chapter narratives the conflict between the Australian-American forces under General MacArthur in combating the tenacious Japanese first in Papua in 1942-43 and then along the entire northern coast of the world’s second largest island in 1943-44 to both isolate the Japanese bastion at Rabaul and pave the way for the American invasion of the Philippine Islands in 1944-45.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Condition
New
Series
Stackpole Military Photo Series
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Mechanicsburg, United States
ISBN
9780811715560
SKU
V9780811715560
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Ref
99-15
About Jon Diamond
Jon Diamond has written extensively on military history topics, and in addition to articles for World War II History and Military Heritage he has authored books such as Orde Wingate (978-1-84908-323-2) and Archibald Wavell (978-1-84908-737-7). A graduate of Cornell University, Diamond is a medical doctor in private practice and has taught at Harvard and Penn State. He lives near Harrisburg, ... Read more
Reviews for New Guinea: The Allied Jungle Campaign in World War II (Stackpole Military Photo Series)
As usual with this series it is packed full of good clear archive photos, giving an excellent insight into the campaign … The variety of the images is fascinating and the limited visibility of fighting in a jungle is obvious from so many of them.
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