Australia in the War of 1939-45: The New Guinea Offensives

AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY
This volume relates how the Australian Army, supported by Allied naval and air forces, and with the help of some American regiments, drove the Japanese out of most of the mainland of Australian New Guinea in 1943 and early 1944. It also describes the concurrent operations of the American Army and amphibious forces in the Pacific.

Throughout the campaigns four Australian divisions were employed. By mid-1944 Australia’s military strength was, for the time being, almost spent, having borne the main burden of the fighting on land in the South-West Pacific from the outset. Early in 1944 the Sixth American Army had begum to take over the main tasks and by September, in successive amphibious strides, had reached as far as Morotai.
Chapter 1 – The Holding War (pages 1 – 19 )
Chapter 2 – Marking Time (pages 20 – 54 )
Chapter 3 – Defence of Lababia Ridge (pages 55 – 83 )
Chapter 4 – Rendezvous at Nassau Bay (pages 84 – 106 )
Chapter 5 – The Capture of Mubo (pages 107 – 136 )
Chapter 6 – The Struggle for the Ridges (pages 137 – 178 )
Chapter 7 – The Fight for Komiatum (pages 179 – 216 )
Chapter 8 – The Pacific Front (pages 217 – 232 )
Chapter 9 – Bena Bena and Tsili Tsili (pages 233 – 263 )
Chapter 10 – Before Lae (pages 264 – 284 )
Chapter 11 – The Salamaua Magnet (pages 285 – 325 )
Chapter 12 – Assault on Lae and Nadzab (pages 326 – 346 )
Chapter 13 – The Fall of Lae (pages 347 – 392 )
Chapter 14 – Pursuit (pages 393 – 413 )
Chapter 15 – From the Markham to the Ramu (pages 414 – 443 )
Chapter 16 – Scarlet Beach to the Bumi (pages 444 – 479 )
Chapter 17 – The Battle for Finschhafen (pages 480 – 500 )
Chapter 18 – Easy Street and the Sattelberg Road (pages 501 – 526 )
Chapter 19 – The Japanese Counter–attack (pages 527 – 560 )
Chapter 20 – In the Ramu Valley (pages 561 – 601 )
Chapter 21 – Round Sattelberg and Pabu (pages 602 – 633 )
Chapter 22 – Torpy Sits on Sat (pages 634 – 654 )
Chapter 23 – The Wareo–Gusika Advance (pages 656 – 679 )
Chapter 24 – Toehold on Shaggy Ridge (pages 680 – 713 )
Chapter 25 – On to Sio (pages 714 – 737 )
Chapter 26 – Kankiryo Saddle (pages 738 – 762 )
Chapter 27 – The Pursuit to Madang (pages 763 – 789 )
Chapter 28 – To Morotai and the Palaus (pages 790 – 817 )
Appendix – Abbreviations (pages 818 – 820 )
Index (pages 821 – 851 )

xx, 851 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 24 cm . #300523 First Edition (No dustjacket, name on fep) Note: ISBN is for 2014 paperback reprint.
World War, 1939-1945 — Australia. | World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Papua New Guinea.