War In New Guinea: Official War Photographs Of The Battle For Australia
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Poor. Jacket: N/A; issued in magazine/booklet format with no dust jacket; the cover has become completely detached from the text block and shows soiling, creasing, and edge and corner wear consistent with age, while the page contents remain in good condition, clean and unaffected by the external damage, and bear no markings, inscriptions, or stamps.
A gripping photographic record of one of the most decisive and brutal theatres of the Second World War, War in New Guinea: Official War Photographs of the Battle for Australia presents an unfiltered visual chronicle of the Pacific campaign fought on Australian-administered soil. Drawn from official war photography archives, the collection documents the extraordinary courage of Allied — predominantly Australian — troops as they battled the Japanese Imperial Army across the treacherous jungles, mountains, and coastal villages of New Guinea. Each image captures the raw human cost of the conflict, from frontline engagements along the infamous Kokoda Track to amphibious landings and jungle warfare that defined the Pacific theatre. The photographs serve as both a historical document and a tribute to the soldiers who stood between the Japanese advance and the Australian mainland, making this an indispensable record for students of military history and the Second World War.
Author: Australia. Dept. of Information
Format: Paperback
Published: 1943, F H Johnston Publishing, Sydney, Australia
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Condition: Poor. Jacket: N/A; issued in magazine/booklet format with no dust jacket; the cover has become completely detached from the text block and shows soiling, creasing, and edge and corner wear consistent with age, while the page contents remain in good condition, clean and unaffected by the external damage, and bear no markings, inscriptions, or stamps.
A gripping photographic record of one of the most decisive and brutal theatres of the Second World War, War in New Guinea: Official War Photographs of the Battle for Australia presents an unfiltered visual chronicle of the Pacific campaign fought on Australian-administered soil. Drawn from official war photography archives, the collection documents the extraordinary courage of Allied — predominantly Australian — troops as they battled the Japanese Imperial Army across the treacherous jungles, mountains, and coastal villages of New Guinea. Each image captures the raw human cost of the conflict, from frontline engagements along the infamous Kokoda Track to amphibious landings and jungle warfare that defined the Pacific theatre. The photographs serve as both a historical document and a tribute to the soldiers who stood between the Japanese advance and the Australian mainland, making this an indispensable record for students of military history and the Second World War.