TY - BOOK AU - DEAN Peter (editor) TI - Australia 1943: the liberation of New Guinea SN - 9781107037991 (hbk.) : PY - 2014/// CY - Cambridge Port Melbourne, Australia PB - Cambridge Univ Press, KW - WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 KW - CAMPAIGNS KW - NEW GUINES KW - AUSTRALIA KW - PACIFIC AREA KW - WORLD WAR 2 KW - MILITARY STRATEGY N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - By January 1943, Australia had emerged from the shadow of war in a strong position. The victories in 1942 at Kokoda, Guadalcanal, Buna, Gona and Sanananda had secured the northern coastlines of Papua and Australia. Australian forces were now poised for a full scale offensive to liberate New Guinea from the Japanese, the largest and most complicated operations in their history ER -