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Should We Fall to Ruin - Harrison Christian

Should We Fall to Ruin

New Guinea, 1942. The untold true story of a remote garrison and their battle against extraordinary odds.
Buch | Softcover
336 Seiten
2022
Ultimo Press (Verlag)
978-1-76115-006-7 (ISBN)
CHF 26,15 inkl. MwSt
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.

Harrison Christian is a New Zealand journalist and writer. His reporting career has seen him travel extensively in the Pacific and beyond, covering such topics as rising sea levels in Arctic Alaska and the escape of political refugees from China. He is a direct descendant of Bounty mutineer, Fletcher Christian. His first book, Men Without Country, was a comprehensive account of the mutiny on the Bounty. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and their greyhound.

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Zusatzinfo Text only
Sprache englisch
Maße 153 x 234 mm
Gewicht 450 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte 1918 bis 1945
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10 1-76115-006-5 / 1761150065
ISBN-13 978-1-76115-006-7 / 9781761150067
Zustand Neuware
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