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Victory in Papua - United States Army in World War II - The War in the Pacific (Paperback)
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Victory in Papua - United States Army in World War II - The War in the Pacific (Paperback)
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The strategic significance of the Papuan Campaign can be briefly
stated. In addition to blunting the Japanese thrust toward
Australia and the transpacific line of communications, it put
General MacArthur's forces in a favorable position to take the
offensive. But this little known campaign is significant for still
another reason. It was the battle test of a large
hitherto-inexperienced U.S. Army force and its commanders under the
conditions which were to attend much of the ground fighting in the
Pacific. Costly in casualties and suffering, it taught lessons that
the Army had to learn if it was to cope with the Japanese under
conditions of tropical warfare.Samuel Milner holds a graduate
degree in history from the University of Alberta and has done
further graduate work in political science at the University of
Minnesota. During World War II, he served in Australia and New
Guinea as a historian with the Air Transport Command, Army Air
Forces. Upon completing Victory in Papua he left the Office of the
Chief of Military History to become historian of the Air Weather
Service, U.S. Air Force.
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