Defending the Driniumor: covering force operations in New Guinea, 1944
DREA Edward J
Defending the Driniumor: covering force operations in New Guinea, 1944 - Fort Leavenworth, KS: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Combat Studies Institute, 1984 - 182p. - Leavenworth papers no. 9 .
This paper integrates American and Japanese strategic, operational, tactical, and human dimensions into a narrative of the fighting around the Driniumor River in the Aitape, New Guinea, Campaign of 1944, part of General MacArthur's leapfrogging strategy for retaking the Pacific islands.
(pbk.)
JUNGLE WARFARE
NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN
SECOND WORLD WAR
Defending the Driniumor: covering force operations in New Guinea, 1944 - Fort Leavenworth, KS: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Combat Studies Institute, 1984 - 182p. - Leavenworth papers no. 9 .
This paper integrates American and Japanese strategic, operational, tactical, and human dimensions into a narrative of the fighting around the Driniumor River in the Aitape, New Guinea, Campaign of 1944, part of General MacArthur's leapfrogging strategy for retaking the Pacific islands.
(pbk.)
JUNGLE WARFARE
NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN
SECOND WORLD WAR