ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY 1942 - 1945

Title page......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 5
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 7
SKETCH MAPS......Page 10
PREFACE......Page 13
CHRONOLOGY......Page 16
CHAPTER 1  SHAPING JAPAN'S PERIMETER......Page 18
CHAPTER 2  JAPAN'S FIRST CHECK-CORAL SEA......Page 42
CHAPTER 3  AUSTRALIA'S COASTS RAIDED-HER FLANKS STRENGTHENED......Page 81
CHAPTER 4  AUSTRALIA-JUNE 1942......Page 125
CHAPTER 5  GUADALCANAL-PACIFIC HINGE-PIN......Page 139
CHAPTER 6  SPARRING FOR THE NORTH......Page 189
CHAPTER 7  ON AUSTRALIA'S OCEAN COMMUNICATIONS......Page 217
CHAPTER 8  SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC-PRELUDE TO FLOOD TIDE......Page 244
CHAPTER 9  THE SUPPLY LINES BATTLE......Page 285
CHAPTER 10  INDIAN OCEAN-MEDITERRANEAN INTERLUDE......Page 331
CHAPTER 11  THE MISSION OF KRAIT......Page 353
CHAPTER 12  ALLIED OFFENSIVES GATHER MOMENTUM......Page 366
CHAPTER 13  PACIFIC DRIVE-INDIAN OCEAN INTERLUDE......Page 402
CHAPTER 14  THE ASSAULT ARMADAS STRIKE......Page 454
CHAPTER 15  STRATEGY FOR VICTORY......Page 495
CHAPTER 16  PREFACE TO THE PHILIPPINES......Page 524
CHAPTER 17  LEYTE......Page 548
CHAPTER 18  OPERATION RIMAU......Page 591
CHAPTER 19  SUBMARINES' SWANSONG......Page 597
CHAPTER 20  THE R.A.N. IN BURMA......Page 608
CHAPTER 21  LINGAYEN GULF......Page 627
CHAPTER 22  THE BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET JOINS IN......Page 646
CHAPTER 23  AUSTRALIANS AT TARAKAN......Page 672
CHAPTER 24  "MOPPING-UP" NEW GUINEA AND THE SOLOMONS......Page 681
CHAPTER 25  R.A.N. SURVEY KEY TO BRUNEI......Page 692
CHAPTER 26  AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS ATTACK BALIKPAPAN......Page 702
CHAPTER 27  FINAL MILESTONES TO JAPAN'S SURRENDER......Page 715
CHAPTER 28  SURRENDER-AND AFTERMATH......Page 736
CHAPTER 29  EPILOGUE......Page 762
APPENDIX 1  THE DEFENSIVELY EQUIPPED MERCHANT SHIPS......Page 766
APPENDIX 2  THE MINESWEEPERS......Page 768
APPENDIX 3  PEAK STRENGTHS-SHIPS AND PERSONNEL-AND CASUALTIES......Page 770
APPENDIX 4  THE RA.N.V.R ON MINE DISPOSAL......Page 774
APPENDIX 5  ABBREVIATIONS......Page 778
INDEX......Page 781