| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Australian army history series
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Australian Army history series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Foreword; Contents; Maps and chart; Figures and table; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Military symbols on maps; Introduction; Part 1 Strategy; Part 2 Australia at war; Part 3 Green Armour and Special Operations; Part 4 The Naval and Air War; Part 5 The New Guinea Campaign; Part 6 The Borneo Campaign; Afterword: And Then Came Peace?; Index; Chapter 1 Advancing National Interests: Deciding Australia's War Strategy, 1944-45; Chapter 2 The Southwest Pacific Area: Military Strategy and Operations, 1944-45. |
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Chapter 3 Holding on to the Finish: The Japanese Army in the South and Southwest Pacific, 1944-45Chapter 4 The Long Silence: Australian Prisoners of the Japanese; Chapter 5 Total War on the Australian Home Front, 1943-45; Chapter 6 Learning and Adapting for Jungle Warfare, 1942-45: The Australian and British Indian Armies; Chapter 7 Intelligence and Special Operations in the Southwest Pacific, 1942-45; Chapter 8 The RAN at War, 1944-45; Chapter 9 'On the scrap heap of the Yanks': The RAAF in the Southwest Pacific Area, 1944-45. |
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Chapter 10 'Given a second rate job': Campaigns in Aitape-Wewak and New Britain, 1944-45Chapter 11 More Than Mopping Up: Bougainville; Chapter 12 Amphibious Warfare: Training and Logistics, 1942-45; Chapter 13 'To capture Tarakan': Was Operation Oboe 1 Unnecessary?; Chapter 14 'Unique in the history of the AIF': Operations in British Borneo; Chapter 15 'Calling the tune': Australian and Allied Operations at Balikpapan. |
| Summary |
Thoroughly researched and generously illustrated, Australia 1944-45 is the compelling final instalment in Peter Dean's Pacific War series. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Military history.
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Military history. |
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Australia -- Armed Forces -- History.
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Australia. |
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Armed Forces. |
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History. |
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Australia -- Military policy -- History.
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Military policy. |
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Australia -- History, Military.
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History, Military. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Military history.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Dean, Peter J. (Peter John), 1974- editor.
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Houston, Angus, author of foreword.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Australia 1944-45 9781107083462 (OCoLC)922571512 |
| ISBN |
9781316031926 (electronic book) |
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1316031926 (electronic book) |
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9781316015445 |
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1316015440 |
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9781107083462 |
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110708346X |
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