The hard slog : Australians in the Bougainville campaign, 1944-45 /

The hard slog : Australians in the Bougainville campaign, 1944-45 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	James, Karl.
Imprint:	Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 319 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Australian army history series Australian Army history series.
Subject:	World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Papua New Guinea -- Bougainville Island. World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia. Military campaigns. Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea) -- History -- 1941-1945. Australia. Papua New Guinea -- Bougainville Island. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11833416

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ISBN:	9781316103814 1316103811 9781139196307 1139196308 9781316099995 1316099997 9781107017320 1107017327
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-309) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The island of Bougainville in the South Pacific was the site of one of the largest and most gruelling campaigns fought by Australian forces during the Second World War. During the offensive against the Japanese from November 1944 to August 1945, more than 500 Australians were killed and two Victoria Crosses awarded. A veteran later described Bougainville as 'one long bloody hard slog'. Despite this, little is known about the campaign, which was dismissed as an unnecessary and costly operation. In the first major study of the Bougainville campaign since 1963, Karl James argues that it was in fact a justifiable use of Australia's military resources. Drawing on original archival research, including wartime reports and soldiers' letters and diaries, James illustrates the experience of Australian soldiers who fought. Generously illustrated with over forty photographs, this important book tells how this often overlooked battle played an important part in Australia's Second World War victory.
Other form:	Print version: James, Karl. Hard slog 9781107017320

Table of Contents:

1. The unnecessary war
2. Torokina and the outer islands
3. The Central Sector
4. The Northern Sector
5. The Southern Sector
6. Slater's Knoll
7. To Buin
8. Peace.