D-Day New Guinea : the extraordinary story of the battle for Lae and the greatest combined airborne and amphibious operation of the Pacific War /

The capture of Lae was the most complex operation for the Australian army in the Second World War. In many ways it was also a rehearsal for the D-Day invasion of France with an amphibious landing combined with the first successful large scale Allied airborne operation of the war. But this is not jus...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bradley, Phillip, 1955- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Crows Nest, New South Wales : Allen & Unwin, [2019]
Subjects:	World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > New Guinea. World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Australian. World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, American. World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Japanese. Lae (Papua New Guinea) > History, Military > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: The observation game
Chapter 2: 'Such a dangerous looking mob'
Chapter 3: 'We will die fighting'
Chapter 4: Mountains to climb
Chapter 5: The secret airbase
Chapter 6: MacArthur's navy
Chapter 7: Airborne infantry
Chapter 8: D-Day dawns
Chapter 9: 'The wolf at the back gate'
Chapter 10: 'A terrifying but magnificent spectacle'
Chapter 11: 'Fix bayonets'
Chapter 12: 'A precarious retreat'
Chapter 13: 'Like beggers in a procession'
Chapter 14: Beyond Lae.