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Australia's Secret Army
Engelsk
Bogcover for Australia's Secret Army af Michael Veitch, 9780733648472
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Engelsk
Sider:
352
ISBN-13:
9780733648472
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0733648479
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
31 aug 2022
Størrelse i cm:
15,4 x 23,4 x 2,9
Oplagsdato:
31 aug 2022
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Australia's Secret Army

Engelsk
Paperback 2022
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A Coastwatcher''s work is ... to sit in hiding like a spider, right in the web of the enemy, unseen and unheard. We became the eyes and ears of the Pacific.'' Reg Evans, Coastwatcher

Hidden deep in the jungles and high in the mountains of the Southwest Pacific during World War II, Australia''s secret army - the Coastwatchers - reported every move of the Japanese invaders to Allied intelligence.

Following World War I, the Coastwatcher organisation was formed from European planters, missionaries and patrol officers living in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. All volunteers, they were tasked with keeping an eye on Australia''s porous northern border and providing early warnings via radio.

When World War II came to the Pacific, however, overnight the Coastwatchers found themselves no longer just observers but spies operating behind enemy lines. Besides evading the enemy''s desperate efforts to hunt them down, the Coastwatchers battled exhaustion, tropical diseases and malnutrition, as well as the ever-present spectre of capture, torture and death. Yet without the Coastwatchers'' crucial courage and intelligence, key moments of the Pacific War may have turned out very differently.

From acclaimed author Michael Veitch comes this compelling and vivid history of unsung heroes who risked their lives in service of their country and formed one of history''s most successful spy rings.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
352
ISBN-13:
9780733648472
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0733648479
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
31 aug 2022
Størrelse i cm:
15,4 x 23,4 x 2,9
Oplagsdato:
31 aug 2022
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