TY  - BOOK
AU  - Threlfall,Adrian
TI  - Jungle Warriors: From Tobruk to Kokoda and Beyond, How the Australian Army Became the World's Most Deadly Jungle Fighting Force
SN  - 9781743436905
AV  - D767.8 .T47 2014 
U1  - 940.54/1294 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Sydney
PB  - Allen & Unwin
KW  - Australia.-Australian Army-History-World War, 1939-1945
KW  - World War, 1939-1945-Participation, Australian
KW  - Australia-History, Military-20th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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