The Final Campaigns. Australia in the War of 1939-1945

Title page
......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 5
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 7
SKETCH MAPS AND DIAGRAMS......Page 11
PREFACE......Page 15
LIST OF EVENTS......Page 19
CHAPTER 1  THE FINAL PHASE BEGINS......Page 21
CHAPTER 2  PLANS AND PROBLEMS......Page 52
CHAPTER 3  THE GENERAL, THE PARLIAMENT AND THE MINISTERS......Page 76
CHAPTER 4  LEADERS AND MEN......Page 95
CHAPTER 5  THE BOUGAINVILLE CAMPAIGN TAKES SHAPE......Page 111
CHAPTER 6  THE OFFENSIVE OPENS......Page 142
CHAPTER 7  TO SLATER'S KNOLL AND SORAKEN......Page 171
CHAPTER 8  ACROSS THE HARI: PORTON PLANTATION......Page 207
CHAPTER 9  THE FLOODS AND THE CEASE FIRE......Page 249
CHAPTER 10  OPERATIONS ON NEW BRITAIN......Page 275
CHAPTER 11  TAKING OVER AT AITAPE......Page 307
CHAPTER 12  ACROSS THE DANMAP......Page 318
CHAPTER 13  TO DAGUA: AND ACROSS THE AMUK RIVER......Page 332
CHAPTER 14  MAPRIK AND WEWAK TAKEN......Page 368
CHAPTER I5  TAZAKI AND SHIBURANGU......Page 399
CHAPTER 16  PLANNING FOR BORNEO-APRIL TO JUNE 1945......Page 434
CHAPTER 17  TARAKAN: TOWN AND AIRFIELD TAKEN......Page 452
CHAPTER 18 TARAKAN: THE GARRISON DESTROYED......Page 477
CHAPTER 19  OBOE SIX OPENS......Page 505
CHAPTER 20  SECURING BRITISH BORNEO......Page 526
CHAPTER 21  THE SEIZURE OF BALIKPAPAN......Page 562
CHAPTER 22  BALIKPAPAN AREA SECURED......Page 596
CHAPTER 23  AFTER THE CEASE FIRE......Page 616
CHAPTER 24  LOOKING BACK......Page 654
APPENDIX 1  COMMAND PROBLEMS, S.W.P.A. 1942-1945......Page 660
APPENDIX 2  TOO MANY GENERALS?......Page 670
APPENDIX 3  GENERAL BLAMEY'S APPRECIATION OF MAY 1945......Page 678
APPENDIX 4  THE ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU......Page 687
APPENDIX 5  THE PRISON BREAK AT COWRA, AUGUST 1944......Page 693
APPENDIX 6  ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE 7TH DIVISION AT BALIKPAPAN......Page 695
APPENDIX 7  SOME STATISTICS......Page 703
APPENDIX 8  AUSTRALIAN ARMY UNIT HISTORIES, W AR OF 1939-45......Page 707
APPENDIX 9  ABBREVIATIONS......Page 709
INDEX......Page 711