Tarakan : an Australian tragedy
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書誌事項
Tarakan : an Australian tragedy
Allen & Unwin, 1997
大学図書館所蔵 全5件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
In 1945, 240 Australians died taking the small Borneo island of Tarakan from the Japanese. The tragedy of Tarakan was that by the time they succeeded, they need not have begun.Peter Stanley explores that battle, what it was like and what it means to us over fifty years on. He traces the operation from its origins in MacArthur's GHQ, down to the rifle sections patrolling in Tarakan's rugged jungle.Tarakan: An Australian Tragedy suggests new ways of looking at Australia's experience of war. It critically appraises the view that the Borneo campaign was unnecessary, arguing that it was a justifiable operation doomed by the politics of coalition warfare and by bad planning.Tarakan: An Australian Tragedy illuminates the Australian experience of war. Through it, we can hear the men on Tarakan - scared, angry, humorous, proud, bitter and, above all, Australian - the voices of a vanished Australia.Tarakan: An Australian Tragedy is the story of people at war, how it affected them, and how we have remembered it and them.
目次
- ForewordList of mapsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Tarakan, fifty years on1. 'We're heading for Japan': Tarakan - stepping stone to nowhere2. 'The boys who do the landing': the men and units of Oboe One Force3. 'To capture Tarakan': planning Operation Oboe One4. 'The barrage is lifting
- we're just about to land': P-Day, 1 May 19455. 'Heading for the airstrip': the first week - the airstrip, Tarakan Hill and Sykes6. 'Then push up from the beachhead': the second week - Tiger, Crazy Ridge and Helen7. 'Carry on without a frown': the third week - the patrol fight and the airstrip8. 'We've got to climb the razorback': Freda and Margy9. 'There's the fire from Nippon's pill box': the corporals' fight for Fukukaku10. 'This lousy joint': capitulation11. 'Oboe One is over': occupation and departure, 194512. 'We're sure to have the memory': looking back on TarakanAPPENDICESI Order of battle, Oboe One Force, May 1945II Casualties, Oboe One Force, May-December 1945III Roll of Honour, Australian forces on Tarakan, May-December 1945IV Note on sources and BibliographyEndnotesIndex
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