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Autore: |
Cooper Anthony James <1961->
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Titolo: |
Kokoda air strikes : allied air forces in New Guinea, 1942 / / Anthony Cooper
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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 |
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