By 1945, General MacArthuras forces had advanced from Papua to the Philippines and to Borneo. The vast majority of the troops, supplies, and equipment for this campaign were transported by sea, and MacArthuras success was based on 22 amphibious assaults. Soldiers and Marines did the ground fighting and MacArthuras air forces eventually ruled the skies, but it was the ships of the United States and Australian navies that delivered them to the battlefronts and supported them. This book reveals facts of the Royal Australian Navyas crucial role in World War II.... New Guinea, 36, 50, 52, 75a6, 77, 97, 99, 109, 125, 126, 132, 134, 137, 141, 169, 187, 189 Madang, HMAS, shore base, 101, 145 Mail, 38, ... Safe organisation, 161a2, 190a1 Rockhampton, HMAS, corvette, 89, 170a1, 175a8 Royal Australian Navy, background 12, formation ... communications load 28, codebreaking 28, intelligence 29, training 30a2, wartime construction program 32a3, base staffs 34a6, anbsp;...
Title | : | Royal Australian Navy & MacArthur |
Author | : | Ian Pfennigwerth |
Publisher | : | Rosenberg Publishing - 2009 |
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