{"product_id":"9781742233833","title":"Kokoda Air Strikes","description":"Author: Anthony Cooper\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781742233833\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: NewSouth Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jul 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 528\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe author of the bestselling Darwin Spitfires casts a forensic\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eeye over the role that Allied air forces played  or failed to play \u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ein crucial World War II campaigns in New Guinea.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of the early battles of the South West Pacific theatre \u0026amp;nbsp;the Coral Sea, Kokoda, Milne Bay, Guadalcanal  presented as a single\u0026amp;nbsp;air campaign that began with the Japanese conquest of\u0026amp;nbsp;Rabaul in January 1942.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a story of both Australian and American airmen who flew and\u0026amp;nbsp;fought in the face of adversity  with incomplete training, inadequate\u0026amp;nbsp;aircraft, and from poorly set up and exposed airfields. And they\u0026amp;nbsp;persisted despite extreme exhaustion, sickness, poor morale and the\u0026amp;nbsp;near certainty of being murdered by their Japanese captors if they\u0026amp;nbsp;went down in enemy territory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46839811047582,"sku":"ADS-9781742233833","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781742233833.jpg?v=1778827155","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781742233833","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}