Kokoda air strikes : allied air forces in New Guinea, 1942 / / Anthony Cooper

• Autore: Cooper Anthony James <1961->
• Pubblicazione: Sydney, Australia : , : New South, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (528 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.5426
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Papua New Guinea; World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Oceania; World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Australian
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; Maps; The South West Pacific Area Chain of Command; 1. Australia's 'Advanced Striking Force'; 2. Losing Rabaul; 3. Losing Lae and Salamaua; 4. Fighters at Last; 5. Moresby's Pre-Invasion' Blitz'; 6. The Yanks Take Over; 7. Combing the Coral Sea; 8. Preparing for the Next Push; 9. Losing Buna; 10. Losing Kokoda; 11. Defending the Eastern Flank; 12. Turning Point at Milne Bay; 13. The Air Supply Debacle; 14. Air Supremacy by Default; Afterword; Select Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The author of the bestselling Darwin Spitfires casts a forensic eye over the role that Allied air forces played - or failed to play - in crucial World War II campaigns in New Guinea.This is the story of the early battles of the South West Pacific theatre - the Coral Sea, Kokoda, Milne Bay, Guadalcanal - presented as a single air campaign that began with the Japanese conquest of Rabaul in January 1942. It is a story of both Australian and American airmen who flew and fought in the face of adversity - with incomplete training, inadequate aircraft, and from poorly set up and exposed airfields. An
• Titolo autorizzato: Kokoda air strikes
• ISBN: 1-74224-679-6; 1-74224-174-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910660598903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II