Victory in Papua

Victory in Papua by Samuel Milner Audiobook
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Product Info

Sounded ID: 9781982754259

ISBN: 9781982754259

Publication Date: May 21, 2019

Publisher: Author's Republic

Language: English

Author Name: Samuel Milner

Narrator Name: Joseph Kant

Studio Narrated Audiobook 14 hrs 58 mins | HISTORY | Wars and Conflicts | World War II

Victory in Papua

Author
Samuel Milner
Publisher
Author's Republic
Narrator
Joseph Kant

Studio Narrated Audiobook

This audiobook is a traditionally narrated work produced in a studio with a live voice actor and contains no content generated using Voice Replica technologies or synthetic narration.

By mid-1942 the Japanese forces were threatening to take the colonial capital of Port Moresby and therefore gain a base to launch their proposed invasion of Australia.
The allied forces needed to blunt the Japanese thrust toward Australia and thus protect the transpacific line of communications, as well as to secure a favorable position to take the offensive to the Japanese.
Yet this was easier planned than executed; the Australians had been battered through two years of combat with their enemies and although the Americans were bringing large numbers of reinforcements, they were livi...

By mid-1942 the Japanese forces were threatening to take the colonial capital of Port Moresby and therefore gain a base to launch their proposed invasion of Australia.
The allied forces needed to blunt the Japanese thrust toward Australia and thus protect the transpacific line of communications, as well as to secure a favorable position to take the offensive to the Japanese.
Yet this was easier planned than executed; the Australians had been battered through two years of combat with their enemies and although the Americans were bringing large numbers of reinforcements, they were living under intolerable conditions, plagued by disease, short of equipment, ill-prepared for jungle fighting, and pitted against a skilled and resolute foe.
According to Australian military historian, John Laffin, the campaign "was arguably the most arduous fought by any Allied troops during World War II".
Milner uncovers every aspect of the campaign in 1942 from its early planning stages through to the many conflicts with Japanese troops that culminated in the brutal Battle of Buna-Gona in early 1943. However, rather than simply giving an overview of these turbulent months Milner focuses particularly on the actions of the 32nd Infantry Division who were at the frontline of the offensive to give the reader a direct view of what life was like during the campaign.
To develop a picture of this dramatic campaign Milner drew from not only the official records but also spoke to men who were there and saw it, including Robert L. Eichelberger, as well as drawing from many Australian sources and historians.

Chapters

# Title Duration
1. opening

0 mins 14 secs

2. 01-Foreword

1 mins 20 secs

3. 02-TheAuthor

0 mins 31 secs

4. 03-Preface

4 mins 04 secs

5. 04-ChapterI-TheJapaneseThreatenAustralia

35 mins 50 secs

6. 05-ChapterII-PreparingTheDefense

46 mins 08 secs

7. 06-ChapterIII-TheThwartedLanding

26 mins 52 secs

8. 07-ChapterIV-ProvidenceForestalled

25 mins 51 secs

9. 08-ChapterV-KokodaThrust

38 mins 34 secs

10. 09-ChapterVI-TheJapaneseOffensiveCollapses

1 hr 06 mins

11. 10-ChapterVII-TheAdvanceontheBeachhead

54 mins 21 secs

12. 11-ChapterVIII-TheAlliesCloseIn

51 mins 38 secs

13. 12-ChapterIX-TheOpeningBlowsinGeneralVasey'sArea

53 mins 29 secs

14. 13-ChapterX-TheFirstTwoWeeksatBuna

1 hr 06 mins

15. 14-ChapterXI-ICorpsReachestheFront

39 mins 51 secs

16. 15-ChapterXII-TheFightingWestoftheGirua

58 mins 01 secs

17. 16-ChapterXIII-Buna-TheSecondTwoWeeks

1 hr 07 mins

18. 17-ChapterXIV-WarrenForceTakestheInitiative

43 mins 33 secs

19. 18-ChapterXV-UrbanaForceClosesontheMission

49 mins 30 secs

20. 19-ChapterXVI-TheFallofBuna

51 mins 19 secs

21. 20-ChapterXVII-ClearingtheTrackJunction

50 mins 58 secs

22. 21-ChapterXVIII-TheFinalOffensive

42 mins 26 secs

23. 22-ChapterXIX-TheVictory

22 mins 22 secs

24. closing

0 mins 13 secs

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