Kokoda air strikes : allied air forces in New Guinea, 1942 / Anthony Cooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, Anthony James, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Papua New Guinea.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Oceania.

World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Australian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (528 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, Australia : New South, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The author of the bestselling Darwin Spitfires casts a forensic eye over the role that Allied air forces played - or failed to play - in crucial World War II campaigns in New Guinea.This is the story of the early battles of the South West Pacific theatre - the Coral Sea, Kokoda, Milne Bay, Guadalcanal - presented as a single air campaign that began with the Japanese conquest of Rabaul in January 1942. It is a story of both Australian and American airmen who flew and fought in the face of adversity - with incomplete training, inadequate aircraft, and from poorly set up and exposed airfields. An

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Maps; The South West Pacific Area Chain of Command; 1. Australia's 'Advanced Striking Force'; 2. Losing Rabaul; 3. Losing Lae and Salamaua; 4. Fighters at Last; 5. Moresby's Pre-Invasion' Blitz'; 6. The Yanks Take Over; 7. Combing the Coral Sea; 8. Preparing for the Next Push; 9. Losing Buna; 10. Losing Kokoda; 11. Defending the Eastern Flank; 12. Turning Point at Milne Bay; 13. The Air Supply Debacle; 14. Air Supremacy by Default; Afterword; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-74224-679-6

1-74224-174-3