TY  - BOOK
AU  - EVANS Michael
TI  - Developing Australia's maritime concept of strategy: lessons from the Ambon disaster of 1942
SN  - 0642295344 (pbk.)
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Duntroon ACT, Australia
PB  - Land Warfare Studies Centre
KW  - MARITIME
KW  - AUSTRALIA
N2  - "This study uses a historical case study of the Ambon disaster of 1942 to try to determine lessons for the development of Australia's maritime concept of strategy in the early 21st century. The paper examines how, in 1941-42, Australia embarked on the strategy of a forward observation-line, using troops to secure bases for air forces in the northern archipelagos. The failure of this strategy is viewed through the lens of the Ambon disaster of February 1942"
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