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DOUBLE DIAMONDS: Australian Commandos in the Pacific War 1941-45
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DOUBLE DIAMONDS: Australian Commandos in the Pacific War 1941-45 Paperback - 2016

by JAMES, Karl

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Sydney, NewSouth Publishing/Australian War Memorial first edition - square soft ocver, card covers In the mountains and jungles in Timor, Bougainville and New Guinea, during the Second World War elite Australian forces fought arduous campaigns against the Japanese. 'Double Diamonds' profiles the operational history of these units and the stories of the men who served, many of whom lost their lives. 222 x 240mm., pp. 231, b/w & colour plates throughout, maps, abbreviations, notes, further reading, indexes - Commando Units, general. Large soft covers, stiff illust. card covers with French folds. NEW. ISBN: 9781742234922
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About the author

Karl James is a Senior Historian in the Military History Section of the Australian War Memorial, specializing in Australia's involvement in World War II. He is also a Departmental Visitor with the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, Canberra, and the author of The Hard Slog: Australians in the Bougainville campaign, 1944-45 (2012).