| Main Title: |
The path of infinite sorrow : the Japanese on the Kokoda Track / Craig Collie & Hajime Marutani. |
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| Author: |
Collie, Craig.
Marutani, Hajime
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| Imprint: |
Allen & Unwin, 2009. |
| Collation: |
324 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., portraits, maps, notes, bib., index, pbk ; 24 cm. |
| Summary: |
On Ioribaiwa Ridge -- Empire and emperor -- Road to total war -- From the mountains to the sea -- Forward base Rabaul -- Taking of Kokoda -- Fateful delay -- Milne Bay -- To the end of the line -- 'Change the marching direction' -- Buying time -- General Horii's last stand -- Dug in on swampland -- Madness and desperation -- On the track to Sanananda -- Buna falls -- Evacuation -- Long journey home -- Out of the ashes -- Path of infinite sorrow. |
| Subject: |
World War, 1939-1945
Kokoda Track (Papua New Guinea)
Soldiers
Prisoners of war
Japanese
Military history
New Guinea
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| ISBN: |
9781741758399 (pbk.) |
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