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Kokoda

75th Anniversary Edition

Author: Peter FitzSimons  

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Updated edition - with a new foreword by Peter FitzSimons.

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Updated edition - with a new foreword by Peter FitzSimons.

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For Australians, Kokoda is the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know just what happened - and just what our troops achieved. Now, bestselling author Peter FitzSimons tells the Kokoda story in a gripping, moving story for all Australians.Conditions on the track were hellish - rain was constant, the terrain close to inhospitable, food and ammunition supplies were practically non-existent and the men constantly battled malaria and dysentery, as well as the Japanese.Kokoda was a defining battle for Australia - a small force of young, ill-equipped Australians engaged a highly experienced and hitherto unstoppable Japanese force on a narrow, precarious jungle track - and defeated them.'an engrossing narrative, beautifully controlled by a master storyteller' - Sydney Morning Herald'This reads like fiction, but it is all fact' - Lieutenant Allan 'Kanga' Moore, 39th Battalion.

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Critic Reviews

“combines stories from both sides with the history of the event to produce a gripping tale - AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEWan eloquent case as to why Kokoda should be revered - THE AGEa moving account of the ordeal and experiences of Australian soldiers - DAILY TELEGRAPHan engrossing narrative, beautifully controlled by a master storyteller - SYDNEY MORNING HERALDThis reads like fiction, but it is all fact - Lieutenant Allan Kanga Moore, 39th Battalion”

an engrossing narrative, beautifully controlled by a master storyteller - Sydney Morning Herald This reads like fiction, but it is all fact - Lieutenant Allan Kanga Moore, 39th Battalion

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About the Author

Peter FitzSimons is well known as a journalist, TV personality and author. His bestsellers include NANCY WAKE, NED KELLY, BATAVIA, EUREKA and KOKODA. He lives in Sydney and loves talking to the media - any media, anywhere - as much as they love talking to him.

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Peter FitzSimons' masterful and gripping account of Australia's legendary Kokoda triumph - our most important battle. Acclaimed bestselling author Peter FitzSimons tells the Kokoda story in a gripping, moving story for all Australians: Kokoda is the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know just what happened - and just what our troops achieved.'for Australians, the battles in Papua New Guinea were the most important ever fought' Paul Keating'This reads like fiction, but it is all fact.' Lieutenant Allan 'Kanga' Moore, 39th Battalion'It was just a series of muddy footholds in the mountainside . . . so slippery that you had to sling your rifle and leave your hands free to grab the nearest vine or branch as your feet slid from under you . . . so steep that in some places you could scale the mountain face only by using both hands and both feet . . . so muddy that at times you sloshed through a quagmire more than ankle deep and felt the cloying mud suck your feet back at every step. That was the track they were fighting for down there.' Chester Wilmot (from a despatch banned by Commander-in-Chief Sir Thomas Blamey's headquarters) 75th Anniversary Edition 'an engrossing narrative, beautifully controlled by a master storyteller' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

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Product Details

Publisher
Hachette Australia
Published
1st November 2010
Edition
75th
Pages
512
ISBN
9780733619625

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