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Defending the Driniumor: Covering Force Operations in the New Guinea, 1944
Contributor(s): Drea, Edward J. (Author), Combat Studies Institute (Author)

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 ISBN: 1780392656     ISBN-13: 9781780392653
Publisher: Militarybookshop.Co.UK
OUR PRICE: $18.95  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: March 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - General
Physical Information: 0.42" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" L (0.79 lbs) 196 pages
Features: Maps
 
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Originally published in 1984, this a volume in the Combat Studies Institute "Leavenworth Papers" series. On the night of 10-11 July, several thousand Japanese infantrymen attack and broke through U.S. Army covering force units defending the Driniumor River about twenty miles east of Aitape, New Guinea. For the next month U.S. army troops were locked in a battle of attrition with the Japanese, as the Americans fought to restore the breakthrough line and destroy the Japanese attackers. This study describes the events leading up to the Japanese breakthrough and the subsequent American counterattack to restore the original defensive positions. Include photos. maps, tables.
 
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