LEADER 03504nam 2200577 450 001 9910786564903321 005 20230803202532.0 010 $a1-61251-944-X 010 $a1-4945-0489-8 010 $a1-61251-470-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000115130 035 $a(EBL)1577535 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001194597 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11704673 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001194597 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11151234 035 $a(PQKB)10249418 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1577535 035 $a(DLC) 2013048656 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1577535 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10871911 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL683801 035 $a(OCoLC)864789946 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000115130 100 $a20140530h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSouth Pacific cauldron $eWorld War II's great forgotten battlegrounds /$fAlan Rems 210 1$aAnnapolis, Maryland :$cNaval Institute Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-52519-6 311 $a1-61251-471-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThe 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 Amer 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zPacific Area 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 676 $a940.54/26 700 $aRems$b Alan$01529919 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786564903321 996 $aSouth Pacific cauldron$93774498 997 $aUNINA