LEADER 02763nam 2200505 450 001 9910796829103321 005 20230817192100.0 010 $a1-74343-690-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000004822248 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5404403 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000004822248 100 $a20180618d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJungle warriors $efrom Tobruk to Kokoda and beyond, how the Australian Army became the world's most deadly jungle fighting force /$fAdrian Threlfall 210 1$aSydney :$cAllen & Unwin,$d2014 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 309 pages) 300 $aGOBI 311 $a1-74237-220-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-299) and index. 330 $aJungle Warriors examines the extraordinary transformation that the Australian Army underwent over the course of the Second World War. During this period the Australian Army transformed itself from a military force totally unprepared for conflict of any kind in 1939, into one of the most professional, experienced and highly skilled jungle warfare forces in the world by 1945. Beginning in the interwar years, when the Australian Army was rundown, ill-equipped and dispirited, this book traces the sweeping changes that occurred throughout the course of the war ... This book follows the story from Puckapunyal and Ingleburn to Tobruk and Greece, back to Queensland and on to Milne Bay, Kokoda, the Beachheads and final victory in Borneo, Bougainville and New Guinea. The scale of the transition and level of accomplishment by the men of the 2nd AIF will be clear by the end. Instead of a series of disjointed 'snapshots' of Australia's war in the Pacific, a coherent and comprehensive narrative will follow the men of the 2nd AIF from the outbreak of the war in 1939 to the end of hostilities in 1945. How these men became exceptional jungle warriors will be fully explained and fully understood as never before. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Australian 606 $aHistorie$2FBC 606 $aAustralske hær$2FBC 606 $aKrigshistorie$2FBC 606 $aHistorie$2FBC 607 $aAustralia$xHistory, Military$y20th century 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Australian. 615 7$aHistorie 615 7$aAustralske hær 615 7$aKrigshistorie 615 7$aHistorie 676 $a940.54/1294 686 $a355.48$2z 700 $aThrelfall$b Adrian$01501816 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796829103321 996 $aJungle warriors$93729122 997 $aUNINA