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War at the End of the World

Douglas MacArthur and the Forgotten Fight For New Guinea, 1942 - 1945

ISBN-13: 9780451418302

Contributor(s): James P. Duffy

Subject: Military History

Publisher Imprint: New American Library

Publication Date: 07-01-2016

Format: Hardback

Availability: Out of stock

£24.99

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About the book

Japan was determined to seize New Guinea as a cornerstone of the Empire's strategy. Allied Commander-in-Chief General Douglas MacArthur committed 340,000 Americans, as well as tens of thousands of Australian, Dutch and New Guinea troops, to defend New Guinea at all costs. Historian James P. Duffy chronicles the four-year campaign, involving some of the most horrific warfare in history, complicated by tropical disease, violent rainstorms and unforgiving terrain that punished both sides, filling a crucial gap in the history of World War II.