Bravery Above Blunder: The 9th Australian Division at Finschhafen, Sattelberg and Sio

by John M. Coates

This book describes the 9th Australian Division's role in the Allied counter-offensive against Japan in northern New Guinea in 1943-44. There has been little written about this campaign. Lieutenant-General John Coates, a former Chief of the General Staff, Australian Army, has interviewed veterans and studied Australian, American, and Japanese records to describe and analyze the campaign.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195508378
• ISBN13: 9780195508376
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"