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….