01269     2200157   4500010001800000101001300018102000800031200003400039210004000073215002700113330090500140345001001045686000801055700002301063801002501086  a9780733619625  aengceng  aAUS  aKokodabLIVfPeter Fitzsimons  aAustraliacHachette Australiad2005  a1 vol (506 p.)d19 cm.  aFor Australians, Kokoda is the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know just what
happened - and just what our troops achieved. Now, bestselling author Peter FitzSimons tells
the Kokoda story in a gripping, moving story for all Australians.

Conditions on the track were hellish - rain was constant, the terrain close to inhospitable,
food and ammunition supplies were practically non-existent and the men constantly battled
malaria and dysentery, as well as the Japanese.

Kokoda was a defining battle for Australia - a small force of young, ill-equipped
Australians engaged a highly experienced and hitherto unstoppable Japanese force on a
narrow, precarious jungle track - and defeated them.

'an engrossing narrative, beautifully controlled by a master storyteller' - Sydney Morning
Herald

'This reads like fiction, but it is all fact' - Lieutenant Allan 'Kanga' Moore, 39th Battalion   d35,00  a994  aFitzsimonsbPeter   aFRbMOc20120607dBB