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Jungle Warfare is the fourth book in the series on the Australian Armyduring World War II. It tells the story of the events in the jungle,mountains and swamps of New Guinea. Again the stories were penned bythose actively serving bringing the individual's perspective on thewar. Their ingenuity in getting the material off the battlefield wascommented on by the editors - "One sketch arrived in a length of tiredbamboo; another in a metal ammunition cylinder, produced in Japan for asomewhat different purpose". Again, by necessity, authors areacknowledged only by their army number.

The main contributionoutlines the campaign in the Battle for New Guinea; others give us aglimpse of what life for the soldiers was like - Adventure in theAAMWS, This Leave Business, Yet Death Gave Me This, Skipper, Joe was anExpert, Picnic Races, and Pin-up Girl. Places and battles longforgotten by most are brought to life - Nadzab, Lae, Markham Valley,Finschhafen, Satelberg, Finisterre Range, Shaggy Ridge, Katika,Salamaua, Huon Peninsula, Oro Bay, Busu River and more.

The bookcontains many images and sketches, both colour and black and white, ofpersonnel, equipment, maps and places. It is a valuable resource and agreat read for all interested in military history.

This CDcontains high quality scanned images of the original book, and has beenbookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed,enlarged and printed out if required.

System Requirements: Any computer using Adobe (Acrobat) Reader 4 or later, Adobe Reader 6 or later is recommended for CDs with searchable text