{"product_id":"2026200018787-secondhand-borneo-1942-1945-australians-in-the-pacific-war","title":"Borneo 1942-1945: Australians In The Pacific War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the final and most brutal campaigns of the Pacific theatre, Australian soldiers fought through the dense jungles and treacherous coastlines of Borneo in a series of amphibious assaults that would prove decisive to the Allied effort in the region. Borneo 1942–1945: Australians in the Pacific War chronicles the harrowing experiences of Australian forces from the fall of British Borneo in 1942 to the hard-won liberation campaigns of 1945, drawing on archival photographs, personal testimonies, and official military records to construct a vivid and authoritative account of this often-overlooked theatre of war.\n\nRich in documentary photography and meticulously researched historical detail, this volume presents the Borneo campaign not merely as a military operation, but as a profound human story of courage, sacrifice, and endurance under extreme conditions. The work illustrates the strategic significance of Borneo's oil fields and the complex interplay of Allied command decisions that shaped the campaign's outcome, while never losing sight of the individual Australian soldiers who bore the cost. A compelling record of a pivotal chapter in Australian military history, it leaves the reader asking what other stories from the Pacific remain yet to be fully told.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572594905307,"sku":"2026200018787-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/2c368501-1e7e-41bf-84af-fbf2df9c61cf.png?v=1791166908","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200018787-secondhand-borneo-1942-1945-australians-in-the-pacific-war","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}