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The Hard Slog

The Hard Slog

Australians in the Bougainville Campaign, 1944-45

by Karl James
Hardback
Publication Date: 05/04/2012
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The island of Bougainville in the South Pacific was the site of one of the largest and most gruelling campaigns fought by Australian forces during the Second World War. During the offensive against the Japanese from November 1944 to August 1945, more than 500 Australians were killed and two Victoria Crosses awarded. A veteran later described Bougainville as 'one long bloody hard slog'. Despite this, little is known about the campaign, which was dismissed as an unnecessary and costly operation. In the first major study of the Bougainville campaign since 1963, Karl James argues that it was in fact a justifiable use of Australia's military resources. Drawing on original archival research, including wartime reports and soldiers' letters and diaries, James illustrates the experience of Australian soldiers who fought. Generously illustrated with over forty photographs, this important book tells how this often overlooked battle played an important part in Australia's Second World War victory.
ISBN:
9781107017320
9781107017320
Category:
Australasian & Pacific history
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
05-04-2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
334
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x19mm
Weight:
0.62kg
Karl James

Karl James is a Senior Historian in the Military History Section of the Australian War Memorial, specialising in Australia's involvement in World War II.

He is also a Departmental Vistor with the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, Canberra, and the author of The Hard Slog: Australians in the Bougainville Campaign, 1944-45 (2012).

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