CONTENTS
New Britain and New Ireland: January to April 1942
Port Moresby and Salamaua: March to August 1942
3 ‘An army in retreat, my boy. Not very pretty, is it?’
Kokoda Trail: July to September 1942
Milne Bay: August to September 1942
5 ‘The eyes of the Western world are upon you’
Kokoda Trail: September to November 1942
6 ‘A murderous curtain of lead’
Gona: November to December 1942
Buna: November to December 1942
Buna: December 1942 to January 1943
9 ‘We sleep and eat amongst the dead here’
Sanananda: November 1942 to February 1943
12 ‘Hell, what chaps these are’
Bobdubi Ridge: February to July 1943
Bobdubi Ridge: June to September 1943
Mount Tambu: June to August 1943
17 ‘I know it’s hard, son, but it has to be done’
Markham and Ramu Valleys: June to October 1943
18 ‘They didn’t know the country was impassable’
Finschhafen to Saidor: September 1943 to February 1944
19 ‘Some bastard is going to pay for this’
Shaggy Ridge: December 1943 to February 1944
American operations: August 1943 to September 1944
Bougainville: November 1944 to August 1945
22 ‘This hellish business doesn’t make headline news’