Jungle Warriors : From Tobruk to Kokoda and Beyond, How the Australian Army Became the World's Most Deadly Jungle Fighting Force.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781743436905
- 940.54/1294
- D767.8 .T47 2014
Cover -- Part Title -- Title Page -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 'NO MILITARY KNOWLEDGE OF THE REGION': 1914-1941 -- Chapter 2 'EVERYTHING WAS SO DIFFERENT': THE 8TH DIVISION IN MALAYA -- Chapter 3 'COMPLETELY DEVOID OF IDEAS': THE 6TH DIVISION ON CEYLON -- Chapter 4 'PHYSICAL FITNESS IS VITAL': TRAINING IN AUSTRALIA, 1942 -- Chapter 5 'JESUS CHRIST! I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING': MILNE BAY AND KOKODA -- Chapter 6 'DEEP IN UNMAPPED JUNGLES': 21ST BRIGADE ON THE KOKODA TRACK -- Chapter 7 'THE WORST EXPERIENCE OF THE WAR': KOKODA TO THE BEACHHEADS -- Chapter 8 'RAIN, MUD, ROTTENNESS, GLOOM': 17TH BRIGADE'S WAU-SALAMAUA CAMPAIGN -- Chapter 9 'THE IDEAL TRAINING GROUND': ATHERTON TABLELAND, 1943 -- Chapter 10 'NO NEW LESSONS OF IMPORTANCE': THE FINAL CAMPAIGNS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Australians are acknowledged as being among the best, if not the best, jungle fighters. This fascinating and revealing history explores how the Australian soldier evolved from being trained for and fighting European and desert wars, fought in open country often by large numbers of troops, to the very close warfare of jungle combat.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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