The Unnecessary War – Island Campaigns of the South-West Pacific 1944-45

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Title: The Unnecessary War – Island Campaigns of the South-West Pacific 1944-45

Author: Charlton, Peter

Condition: Very Good Plus – Two scratch marks and small tear to the dust jacket rear.

Edition: 1st Edition

Publication Date: 1983

ISBN: 0333356284

Cover: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket – 188 pages

Comments: A detailed account of the Australian involvement in the South West Pacific campaign of 1944/1945.

Within the SWPA, the following campaigns were waged with often heavy losses: Philippines (1941–42), Battle of Bataan and Corregidor; Dutch East Indies campaign, 1941–42; Guadalcanal Campaign 1942–43; Solomon Islands campaign 1943–45; New Guinea campaign, 1942–45, with the Battle of the Coral Sea 4–8 May 1942, Kokoda Track campaign 1942, Battles of Buna-Gona 1942, Bismarck Sea 2 March 1943, Salamaua-Lae campaign 1943, Aitape-Wewak campaign 22 April 1944; Battle of Timor 1942–43; Battle of Leyte Gulf 20 October 1944 and the Borneo campaign (1945).