Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Vol. VII: The Final Campaigns
Title | Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Vol. VII: The Final Campaigns PDF eBook |
Author | Gavin Long |
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Pages | 744 |
Release | 2014-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781783310012 |
This volume concludes the Army Series. It describes the Australian Army campaigns in the last months of 1944 and in 1945. It tells the full story of the fighting in Bougainville, New Britain, round Wewak, at Balikpapan and Tarakan and in British Borneo.
Final campaigns: Australia in the war of 1939-1945:volume 7
Title | Final campaigns: Australia in the war of 1939-1945:volume 7 PDF eBook |
Author | Gavin Long |
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Release | 1963 |
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Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Series 1, Army, Vol 7 -The Final Campaigns
Title | Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Series 1, Army, Vol 7 -The Final Campaigns PDF eBook |
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Release | 1963 |
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Australia in the War of 1939-1945
Title | Australia in the War of 1939-1945 PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 667 |
Release | 1963 |
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Kill the Major
Title | Kill the Major PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Malone |
Publisher | For Pity Sake Publishing |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2020-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0648758745 |
In March 1945 British Major Tom Harrisson and 42 Australian, New Zealand and British guerrillas dropped behind enemy lines in Borneo in an operation designed to assist the Australian Imperial Force’s (AIF) landings on the island, the largest amphibious operation in Australia’s history. In a matter of months the guerrillas moved well beyond their initial intelligence gathering mission, disrupting enemy supply lines, mounting raids on Japanese outposts, ambushing and often beheading, Japanese soldiers in the jungle. By the War’s end they had killed over 1,000 enemy. When Japan surrendered in August 1945, the AIF abruptly wound-up operations, leaving the Borneo tribespeople and brothers-in-arms to the fate of two roaming Japanese companies. Harrisson led a small band of guerrillas to hunt down these renegades, forcing their surrender on 30 October 1945, ten weeks after the war’s official end. Harrisson required his men to live off the land and at times, appeared oblivious to their appalling conditions. Nevertheless all 42 members of his force survived the war. But rather than revere their leader, many hated him and three wanted to kill him.
The Final Campaigns
Title | The Final Campaigns PDF eBook |
Author | Gavin Long |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | World War, 1939-1945 |
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The Final Campaigns
Title | The Final Campaigns PDF eBook |
Author | Gavin Merrick Long |
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Pages | 752 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | World War, 1939-1945 |
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