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Title: Battle for Shaggy Ridge, The: The extraordinary story of the Australian campagn against the Japanese in PNG’s Finsiterre Mountains in 1943 – 44
Author: BRADLEY PHILLIP
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 31/08/2021
Imprint: ALLEN & UNWIN
Price: $33.00
Publishing status: Active
An enlightening re-examination of an important campaign following the experiences of the men from both sides.
‘You climb and climb . . . This is the field of battle . . . tonight some of us will be dead . . . You’ll never forget Shaggy Ridge.’ – Shawn O’Leary
From the killing ground of Kaiapit to the treacherous heights of the Finisterre Range, for four months in 1943-44 the Australian army fought to drive the Japanese from their mountain strongholds. The most formidable position was the fortress-like Shaggy Ridge, it’s steep sides rising sharply to a knife-edge crest where battle was joined on a one-man front.
Based on the accounts of over 100 Australians, Americans and Japanese who served on, around and over the ridge, The Battle for Shaggy Ridge tells the story of this extraordinary struggle for control of the Ramu Valley in New Guinea.
ISBN: 9781760878672
Dimension: 234mm X 153mm
Pages: 328