03507nam 2200577 450 991046475920332120200520144314.01-4945-0489-81-61251-470-7(CKB)3710000000115130(EBL)1577535(SSID)ssj0001194597(PQKBManifestationID)11704673(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001194597(PQKBWorkID)11151234(PQKB)10249418(MiAaPQ)EBC1577535(DLC) 2013048656(Au-PeEL)EBL1577535(CaPaEBR)ebr10871911(CaONFJC)MIL683801(OCoLC)864789946(EXLCZ)99371000000011513020140530h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSouth Pacific cauldron World War II's great forgotten battlegrounds /Alan RemsAnnapolis, Maryland :Naval Institute Press,2014.©20141 online resource (313 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-52519-6 1-61251-471-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.The hottest potato -- I want you to take Buna, or not come back alive -- There was indeed only one Yamamoto -- The most unintelligently waged land campaign -- A custody receipt for Munda ... keep 'em dying -- Lae and Salamaua must be defended to the death -- Prevent your troops engaging my troops -- The weakness of trying to fight battles from a distance -- It's Torokina. Now get on your horses! -- Halsey knows the straight story -- Make sure they think the invasion has commenced -- Guadalcanal minus most of the errors -- The final outcome ... was never in doubt -- The most desperate emergency -- The closest thing to a living hell -- A shop in the Japs' front yard -- More nerve-racking than ... Tobruk or El Alamein -- Nature proved to be a worse enemy than the Japanese -- Keep Rabaul burning! -- The worst-kept secret of the war in the South Pacific -- But for the stern resistance ... of the XIV corps -- They wanted to fight -- The South Pacific campaign was finished -- Kicking around a corpse -- The Japanese could die where they were or die advancing -- Doubtful that he checked with the ordinary foot soldier -- No enemy can withstand you -- Japan man e cry enough -- Once it was over it was over -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.The war in the South Pacific in its entirety has remained remarkably neglected by historians. This is the first comprehensive narrative history covering all land, sea and air operations in the theater to the end of World War II.While Guadalcanal is familiar to most Americans and the Kokoda Trail is well known to Australians, the war in the South Pacific includes many now forgotten operations that deserve to be well remembered. Also, significantly, the official Australian history of World War II correctly observed that Australia's part in the Pacific war is barely mentioned in AmerWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsPacific AreaElectronic books.World War, 1939-1945Campaigns940.54/26Rems Alan901578MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464759203321South Pacific cauldron2015022UNINA