War at the End of the World: Douglas MacArthur and the Forgotten Fight For New Guinea, 1942-1945

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A harrowing account of an epic, yet nearly forgotten, battle of World War II8212General Douglas MacArthur's four-year assault on the Pacific War's most hostile battleground: the mountainous, jungle-cloaked island of New Guinea. A meaty, engrossing narrative history8230 This will likely stand as the definitive account of the New Guinea campaign.82218212The Christian Science MonitorOne American soldier called it a green hell on earth.8221 Monsoon-soaked wilderness, debilitating heat, impassable mountains, torrential rivers, and disease-infested swamps8212New Guinea was a battleground far more deadly than the most fanatical of enemy troops. Japanese forces numbering some 600,000 men began landing in January 1942, determined to seize the island as a cornerstone of the Empire8217s strategy to knock Australia out of the war. Allied Com

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