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Should We Fall to Ruin

- New Guinea, 1942. The untold true story of a remote garrison and their battle against extraordinary odds.
Af: Harrison Christian Engelsk Paperback

Should We Fall to Ruin

- New Guinea, 1942. The untold true story of a remote garrison and their battle against extraordinary odds.
Af: Harrison Christian Engelsk Paperback
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When the Japanese invade in 1942, the 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.

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‘an important addition to the Australian wartime canon’ – The Saturday Paper

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When the Japanese invade in 1942, the 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.

PRAISE FOR SHOULD WE FALL TO RUIN
‘an important addition to the Australian wartime canon’ – The Saturday Paper

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 336
ISBN-13: 9781761153938
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1761153935
Udg. Dato: 5 jun 2024
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: Ultimo Press
Oplagsdato: 5 jun 2024
Forfatter(e): Harrison Christian
Forfatter(e) Harrison Christian


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ISBN-13 9781761153938


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 336


Udgave


Længde 20mm


Bredde 130mm


Højde 198mm


Udg. Dato 5 jun 2024


Oplagsdato 5 jun 2024


Forlag Ultimo Press

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