Kokoda to the Sea – A History of the 1942 Campaign in Papua

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Title: Kokoda to the Sea – A History of the 1942 Campaign in Papua

Author: Sublet, Frank DSO, MC

Condition: Mint

Edition: 1st Edition

Publisher: Slouch Hat Publications

Publication Date: 2000

Cover: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket – 192 pages

Comments: For the first time, a history of the critical Kokoda and Gona campaign has been written by a senior officer who participated in the battles which saved Australia from Japanese invasion. Now aged 90, Lt Col Frank Sublet, the former Commanding Officer of the 2/16th Battalion, has provided a detailed analysis of the campaign, covering issues such as the reluctance of the Australian Government to adequately prepare for a campaign in New Guinea; the command problems between MacArthur and Blamey, and the subsequent dismissal of Potts, Allen and Rowell; the operational difficulties in fighting such a campaign .