Operation Postern: The Battle to Recapture Lae from the Japanese, 1943

Author: Ian Howie-Willis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 Japanese troops seized and brutally occupied New Guinea's capital, Lae, for 18 months - until 16 September 1943. That day Australian soldiers retook the town against fierce resistance. Defeated, and after suffering huge losses, 8000 Japanese soldiers fled across the formidable 4000-metre mountains behind the town ; 2000 died on the nightmare trek. 'Operation Postern', the recapture of Lae from the Japanese, was a turning point in the Pacific War of...Read more