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the third force
angau's new guinea war, 1942-46
alan powell |
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304 pp - hardback - Published 2003
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This book reassesses Australia’s record as a colonial power and examines the role both the Allied forces and the Papuans and New Guineans played in winning the WW2 battles there. Powell argues that there could have been no New Guinea victory without the work of the native peoples. Drawing on oral history and military archives, he provides a unique history of the war in the jungle and the role of the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU). This book traces all major aspects of ANGAU's war, giving the only full-length study of the interaction between villagers and the Allied white soldiers. Covers with meticulous detail ‘The Third Force', utilising new and little-known material, examines the founding of ANGAU its direct military role in the New Guinea fighting and its achievements. Aimed at general readers as well as military historians, this book fills a considerable gap in the study o Australia’s colonial administration and New Guinea's political and military history.
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