PACIFIC VICTORY: A Short History of Australia's Part in The War Against Japan

by Buggy, Hugh

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Canberra: Department (ministry) Of Information. No publication date (c. late 1945-early 1946). 302pp., illustrated throughout, mostly contemporary b/white halftone plates (some candid, others grim), plus locality maps. Book clean and square. Side-stapled. Linen covered spine. Tape stains and ghosts on front flysheet, inside covers, and rear leaf, otherwise leaves clean. Art-designed, printed card covers nominally edgeworn (inners stained as noted). A succinct history of Australia's fighting men in the battle for Australia that stretched from Malaya to New Guinea and beyond. Australia's Army, Navy and Air Force faced a rapidly expanding, numerically superior force of Japanese...Contains 17 chapters. Defense of this continent cost Australia 59,373 casualities. Of this number 17,279 gave their lives..."LEST WE FORGET". Book weight approx. 350g. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES.. First Edition. Softcover (Staplebound). Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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