The Battle for Wau: New Guinea's Frontline 1942–1943
by Phillip BradleyEdition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-05-19
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Table of Contents
| List of illustrations | p. ix |
| Foreword | p. xiii |
| Acknowledgements | p. xv |
| Prologue | p. xvii |
| Salamaua Falls | p. 1 |
| Commandos | p. 20 |
| Scorched earth | p. 41 |
| Undermined | p. 61 |
| Convoy | p. 74 |
| Assault on Mubo | p. 91 |
| 17th Brigade | p. 112 |
| 'They came like the rain' | p. 136 |
| 'Life blood of green' | p. 166 |
| Force of arms | p. 191 |
| Lost airmen | p. 210 |
| Retreat from Wau | p. 223 |
| Conclusion | p. 240 |
| Notes | p. 246 |
| Abbreviations | p. 267 |
| Bibliography | p. 268 |
| Index | p. 275 |
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