Brutal War : : Jungle Fighting in Papua New Guinea, 1942 / / James Jay Carafano.
In 1942, US and Australian forces waged a brutal war against the Japanese in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. Plunged into a primitive, hostile world in which their modes of battle seemed out of place and time, they fought, suffered, hated, starved, and killed in muck and mud. James Carafano’s vivid...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 A War to Remember
- 2 The Allies’ War
- 3 Japan’s War
- 4 Of Muck and Men
- 5 Forward into the Jungle
- 6 The Jungle’s First Battle
- 7 Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels
- 8 Regulars, by God
- 9 Don’t Come Back Alive
- 10 An Unfair Fight
- 11 Aftermath
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book