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Author:Macinnis, Peter.
Title:Kokoda track : 101 days / Peter Macinnis.
Also Titled:Kokoda track : 101 days : an Australian story of extraordinary bravery
Published:Fitzroy, Vic. : Black Dog Books, 2007.
Description:179 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:9781876372965 (pbk.)
1876372966 (pbk.)
LC Call Number:D767.95
Dewey Number:940.541294
940.95426
Series:The drum
The drum
Drum (Fitzroy, Vic.)
Summary:An extraordinary story of a small force defeating a much larger one. It is the tale of 550 men of the 39th Militia Battalion. In eight short and brutal weeks, these soldiers slowed, and eventually stopped the advance of 6000 experienced Japanese troops of the Nankai division across the massive Owen Stanley range.
Contents:1. World War II begins -- 2. Keeping the hope alive -- 3. Up the track -- 4. Kokoda and Deniki -- 5. Fighting on the track -- 6. Tactics -- 7. Australia's Thermopylae -- 8. The fight for Isurava -- 9. General Horii's plan falters -- 10. 101 days: Australian troops enter Kokoda -- Timeline -- Glossary.
Notes:Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 172.
For pre-adolescents.
Shortlisted for the CBCA Eve Pownall Award, 2008.
Subjects:Australia. Army. Battalion, 39th -- History -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Papua New Guinea -- Kokoda -- Juvenile literature.
Kokoda Trail (Papua New Guinea) -- History.
World War II (Australia)
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