ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY 1942-1945 Volume 2: Australia in the War of 1939-1945

By G. Hermon Gill

Book Overview

- Contents, Illustrations, Maps, Sketch Maps, Preface, and Chronology (pages i - xviii) - Chapter 1 - Shaping Japan's Perimeter (pages 1 - 24) - Chapter 2 - Japan's First Check - Coral Sea (pages 25 - 57) - Chapter 3 - Australia's Coast Raided - Her Flanks Strengthened (pages 58 - 99) - Chapter 4 - Australia - June 1942 (pages 100 - 113) - Chapter 5 - Guadalcanal - Pacific Hinge-pin (pages 114 - 157) - Chapter 6 - Sparring for the North (pages 158 - 183) - Chapter 7 - On Australia's Ocean Communications (pages 184 - 210) - Chapter 8 - South-West Pacific - Prelude to Flood Tide (pages 211 - 249) - Chapter 9 - The Supply Lines Battle (pages 250 - 293) - Chapter 10 - Indian Ocean - Mediterranean Interlude (pages 294 - 316) - Chapter 11 - The Mission of Krait (pages 317 - 325) - Chapter 12 - Allied Offensives Gather Momentum (pages 326 - 361) - Chapter 13 - Pacific Drive - Indian Ocean Interlude (pages 362 - 409) - Chapter 14 - The Assault Armadas Strike (pages 410 - 450) - Chapter 15 - Strategy for Victory (pages 451 - 477) - Chapter 16 - Preface to the Philippines (pages 478 - 499) - Chapter 17 - Leyte (pages 500 - 540) - Chapter 18 - Operation Rimau (pages 541 - 546) - Chapter 19 - Submarine's Swansong (pages 547 - 557) - Chapter 20 - The RAN in Burma (pages 558 - 574) - Chapter 21 - Lingayen Gulf (pages 575 - 593) - Chapter 22 - The British Pacific Fleet Joins In (pages 594 - 615) - Chapter 23 - Australians at Tarakan (pages 616 - 624) - Chapter 24 - "Mopping-up" New Guinea and the Solomons (pages 625 - 635) - Chapter 25 - RAN Survey Key to Brunei (pages 636 - 645) - Chapter 26 - Australia's Largest Amphibious Attack - Balikpapan (pages 646 - 658) - Chapter 27 - Final Milestones to Japan's Surrender (pages 659 - 675) - Chapter 28 - Surrender - and Aftermath (pages 676 - 701) - Chapter 29 - Epilogue (pages 702 - 705) - Appendix 1 - The Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (pages 706 - 707) - Appendix 2 - The Minesweepers (pages 708 - 709) - Appendix 3 - Peak Strengths - Ships and Personnel and Casualties (pages 710 - 713) - Appendix 4 - The RANVR on Mine Disposal (pages 714 - 717) - Appendix 5 - Abbreviations (pages 718 - 720) - Index (pages 721 - 753)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474535844
• ISBN13: 9781474535847
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Naval & Military Press
• Length: 820 Pages
• Weight: 4.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"