THE RAG-TAG ELEMENTS THAT HELD OFF THE JAPANESE*

THE BATTLES FOR KOKODA PLATEAU: Three Weeks of Hell Defending the Gateway to the Owen Stanleys

by David W. Cameron

Allen & Unwin, Melbourne

Paperback: 432 pages

Price: AUD$32.99

Reviewed by Jeffry Babb

On July 21, 1942, a large Japanese reconnaissance force landed near Gona, on the northeast coast of Papua.

The first objective, Cameron writes, was to capture the Kokoda Plateau and its vital airstrip, which would provide a forward base for operations against Port Moresby….

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