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Should We Fall to Ruin - New Guinea, 1942. The untold true story of a remote garrison and their battle against extraordinary odds. (Paperback)
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Should We Fall to Ruin - New Guinea, 1942. The untold true story of a remote garrison and their battle against extraordinary odds. (Paperback)
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List price R476
Loot Price R390
Discovery Miles 3 900
You Save R86 (18%)
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When the Japanese invade in 1942, the Australian men and women
stationed at the New Guinea port of Rabaul flee into the jungle.
Written off by their government as ‘hostages to fortune’, the
little-known garrison on Australia’s tropic frontier has been
left with no modern equipment, no lifeline to the outside, and no
means of escape. Most are captured and killed in the sinking of the
prison ship Montevideo Maru, which remains Australia’s worst sea
disaster. But the surviving soldiers and nurses carry on, to fight
the Japanese on other fronts, or to witness the collapse of the
Japanese Empire from the inside. Having borne the brunt of defeat,
their letters and diaries also record the turning point of the war
and the march to victory. Rich in detail drawn from first person
accounts, Should We Fall To Ruin illuminates this untold period in
military history. It is a compelling tale of bravery and resilience
in the face of a seemingly unstoppable enemy.
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