Kokoda (83 page)
Although not taken on the Kokoda Track, George Silk’s enduring image captures the spirit of the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels.
Fresh Australian troops—the 16th Brigade—arrive and make their way up the track (note the customary walking sticks).
Australian soldiers push a 25-pounder gun up the track.
An exhausted, starving Japanese prisoner captured near Nauro.
Dead Japanese horses at Wairopi.
The battle rages on: Australian troops keep moving along the track near Oivi, heading for Buna.
An Australian soldier carefully clears a Japanese bunker near the beachheads. Australian soldiers were frequently ambushed by Japanese in these bunkers and suffered heavy losses.
Taken during the actual fighting, Australian machine-gunners and soldiers launched an all-out assault during the final battle at Buna.
Dejected, wounded and starving, Japanese soldiers are captured during the final assault on the beachheads.
Two Australian soldiers near the end of the war in New Guinea emerge from the jungle covered in mud, just yards from nearby Japanese positions.
Table of Contents
Also by Peter FitzSimons
Copyright
Prologue
Preface
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER ONE: In the beginning
CHAPTER TWO: Storm clouds gather
CHAPTER THREE: Battle stations
CHAPTER FOUR: Mud, mosquitoes, malaria and monotony
CHAPTER FIVE: Sweating it out
CHAPTER SIX: The dynamic duo
CHAPTER SEVEN: Up the bloody track
CHAPTER EIGHT: Attack!
CHAPTER NINE: Strike-back!
CHAPTER TEN: Holding on
CHAPTER ELEVEN: A weary way to go…
CHAPTER TWELVE: The Battle of Isurava
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Gumption, guts and glory
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Falling back
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The Battle of Brigade Hill
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The tide turns
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: To the bitter end
Epilogue
Afterword
Bibliography
Notes
Index
Table of Contents
CHAPTER TWO: Storm clouds gather
CHAPTER THREE: Battle stations
CHAPTER FOUR: Mud, mosquitoes, malaria and monotony