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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      February 2014
      April 2008
      ISBN:
      9781107253131
      9780521896818
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107253131
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.62kg, 304 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Military History, History, Australian History, Twentieth Century Regional History
      Series:
      Australian Army History Series
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    Military History, History, Australian History, Twentieth Century Regional History
    Series:
    Australian Army History Series
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    The Battle for Wau brings together for the first time the full story of the early World War II conflicts in New Guinea, from the landing of the Japanese at Salamaua in March 1942 to their defeat at Wau in February 1943. Phillip Bradley draws on the recollections of over 70 veterans from the campaign and on his own first-hand knowledge of the region. Beginning with the early commando operations in Salamaua, the story unfolds with the burning of Wau, the clashes around Mubo, the Japanese convoy to Lae and the United States air operation to Wau. The book climaxes with the fortitude of Captain Sherlock's outnumbered company. Desperately fighting an enemy regiment debouching from the rugged unguarded ranges to the east, Sherlock's men fought to hold Wau airfield open for the arrival of vital reinforcements.

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    "Bradley has done a good job of piecing together a 'who was where, when' account of a battle fought over difficult terrain dominated by narrow jungle tracks." -John Burton, Pacifica Affairs

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