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MacArthur's Jungle War: The 1944 New Guinea Campaign
Stephen R. Taaffe
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Description for MacArthur's Jungle War: The 1944 New Guinea Campaign
Hardcover. When General Douglas MacArthur led Allied troops into the jungles of New Guinea in World War II, he was already looking ahead. By successfully leapfrogging Japanese forces on that island, he placed his armies in a position to fulfill his personal promise to liberate the Philippines. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDU; HBJH; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
When General Douglas MacArthur led Allied troops into the jungles of New Guinea in World War II, he was already looking ahead. By successfully leapfrogging Japanese forces on that island, he placed his armies in a position to fulfill his personal promise to liberate the Philippines. The New Guinea campaign has gone down in history as one of MacArthur's successes. The author show why it succeeded and what it contributed to the overall strategy against Japan. The book tells not only how victory was gained through a combination of technology, tactics and Army-Navy cooperation, but also how the New Guinea ... Read more
When General Douglas MacArthur led Allied troops into the jungles of New Guinea in World War II, he was already looking ahead. By successfully leapfrogging Japanese forces on that island, he placed his armies in a position to fulfill his personal promise to liberate the Philippines. The New Guinea campaign has gone down in history as one of MacArthur's successes. The author show why it succeeded and what it contributed to the overall strategy against Japan. The book tells not only how victory was gained through a combination of technology, tactics and Army-Navy cooperation, but also how the New Guinea ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press Of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Modern War Studies
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700608706
SKU
V9780700608706
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