D-Day New Guinea : Extraordinary story of the battle for Lae and the greatest combined airborne and amphibious operation of the Pacific War - Phillip Bradley

D-Day New Guinea

Extraordinary story of the battle for Lae and the greatest combined airborne and amphibious operation of the Pacific War

By: Phillip Bradley

Paperback | 1 April 2019

At a Glance

Paperback


RRP $36.99

$36.50

or 4 interest-free payments of $9.13 with

 or 

Available for Backorder. We will order this from our supplier however there isn't a current ETA.

The most complete telling of one of the most significant campaigns of the Pacific War and Australia's role in it.

The capture of Lae was the most complex operation for the Australian army in the Second World War. In many ways it was also a rehearsal for the D-Day invasion of France with an amphibious landing combined with the first successful large scale Allied airborne operation of the war. But this is not just a book about a successful military campaign that changed the course of the war in New Guinea. It also brings together the extraordinary stories of the Australian, American and Japanese participants in the battle, and of the fight against the cloying jungle, the raging rivers and soaring mountain ranges that made New Guinea such a daunting battlefield.

Phillip Bradley brings a compelling clarity, humanity and new insight into a little known but crucial Australian battle of the Pacific War.

About the Author

Phillip Bradley author of the ground-breaking Hell's Battlefield, is a leading Australian military historian. He lived in Lae for two years and has spent many years since researching the battle for Lae.

More in Second World War

Blitzed : Drugs in Nazi Germany - Norman Ohler

RRP $22.99

$21.90

The Happiest Man on Earth - Eddie Jaku

RRP $32.99

$18.95

43%
OFF
Man's Search For Meaning - Viktor E Frankl
The Choice : A true story of hope - Edith Eger

RRP $24.99

$23.75

Churchill : Walking with Destiny - Andrew Roberts

RRP $35.00

$31.75

Kokoda : Updated Edition - Peter FitzSimons

RRP $39.99

$32.75

18%
OFF
Band of Brothers - Stephen E. Ambrose

RRP $24.99

$23.75

The Diary of a Young Girl : 70th Anniversary Edition - Anne Frank
Night : Penguin Modern Classics - Elie Wiesel

RRP $24.99

$23.75

Bloodlands : Europe between Hitler and Stalin - Timothy Snyder
Agent Sonya : Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy - Ben Macintyre
SAS : Rogue Heroes - Ben Macintyre

RRP $24.99

$23.75

Unbroken : An Extraordinary True Story of Courage and Survival - Laura Hillenbrand