Front cover image for MacArthur's victory : the war in New Guinea, 1943-1944

MacArthur's victory : the war in New Guinea, 1943-1944

In March 1942, General Douglas MacArthur faced an enemy who, in the space of a few months, had captured Malaya, Burma, the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, and, from their base at Raubaul in New Britain, threatened Australia. Upon his retreat to Australia, MacArthur hoped to find enough men and material for a quick offensive against the Japanese. Instead, he had available to him only a small and shattered air force, inadequate naval support, and an army made up almost entirely of untried reservists. Here is one of history's most controversial commanders, battling his own superiors for enough supplies (as President Roosevelt favored the European Theater), butting heads with the Navy (which opposed his initiatives), and on his way to making good his promise of liberating the Philippines
Print Book, English, 2004
Presidio Press, New York, 2004
x, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
9780345463869, 9780739450758, 0345463862, 0739450751
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Offensive preparations
The Australians defend Wau
The Bismarck Sea Battle and Cartwheel preliminaries
Salamaua-Lae operations
The occupation of Finschhafen
Command relations
Arawe and Cape Gloucester
Saidor and Shaggy Ridge
The Admiralty Islands gambit
Hollandia : the great leap forward
The bomber line advances : Wakde and Lone Tree Hill
Bloody Biak
Final conquests : Driniumor River, Noemfoor, and Sansapor