Defending the Driniumor: Covering Force Operations in the New Guinea, 1944 - Softcover

Drea, Edward J; Combat Studies Institute

 
9781780392653: Defending the Driniumor: Covering Force Operations in the New Guinea, 1944
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1780392656 ISBN 13: 9781780392653
Publisher: Militarybookshop.Co.UK, 2011

Synopsis

Originally published in 1984, this a volume in the Combat Studies Institute "Leavenworth Papers" series. On the night of 10-11 July, several thousand Japanese infantrymen attack and broke through U.S. Army covering force units defending the Driniumor River about twenty miles east of Aitape, New Guinea. For the next month U.S. army troops were locked in a battle of attrition with the Japanese, as the Americans fought to restore the breakthrough line and destroy the Japanese attackers. This study describes the events leading up to the Japanese breakthrough and the subsequent American counterattack to restore the original defensive positions. Include photos. maps, tables.

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About the Author

Edward J. Drea, recipient of the Society for Military History's Samuel Eliot Morison Award for lifetime achievement, is the author of "MacArthur's ULTRA: Codebreaking and the War against Japan" and "In the Service of the Emperor: Essays on the Japanese Imperial Army".

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Publisher
Militarybookshop.Co.UK
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1780392656
ISBN 13 
9781780392653
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
196