Kokoda - movies and books?
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The film Kokoda was quite well done I thought it was on Netflix but I can't find it now.
Kokoda
http://imdb.com/rg/an_share/title/title/tt0481390/
Kokoda
http://imdb.com/rg/an_share/title/title/tt0481390/
Slightly "Off Track"
... Slightly "off track", but the Owen Gun was still in front line service with Australian Troops during the early stages of the Vietnam War and performed admirably. Believe it or not, but Cadet Units ( my Schools Cadet Unit had about six Owens, plus a couple of Vickers, Mortars and Brens ) also actually had them in inventory, and the vertical magazine was incorporated with the Owen's eventual replacement, the F1..... If I remember my History correctly, The Kokoda Trail was the first time the Japanese had been turned back on land, and to this day many Australians make a Pilgrimage to the 'Trail. Gallipoli also is a focal point for Australian and New Zealand's History Buffs ( ANZAC )..... David K
... Slightly "off track", but the Owen Gun was still in front line service with Australian Troops during the early stages of the Vietnam War and performed admirably. Believe it or not, but Cadet Units ( my Schools Cadet Unit had about six Owens, plus a couple of Vickers, Mortars and Brens ) also actually had them in inventory, and the vertical magazine was incorporated with the Owen's eventual replacement, the F1..... If I remember my History correctly, The Kokoda Trail was the first time the Japanese had been turned back on land, and to this day many Australians make a Pilgrimage to the 'Trail. Gallipoli also is a focal point for Australian and New Zealand's History Buffs ( ANZAC )..... David K
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- West coast of Vancouver Island
"A bastard of a Place" by Pete Brune
https://www.amazon.com/Bastard-Place-Australians-Papua/dp/1741144035
https://www.amazon.com/Bastard-Place-Australians-Papua/dp/1741144035
"A bastard of a place" by Peter Brune is a very detailed reference but covers the whole Papua campaign, Kokoda, Milne Bay and the northern beachheads. "Those ragged bloody heroes" same author focuses more on Kokoda. Both excellent reading. "We band of brothers" is the story of lieutenant colonel Ralph Honner as a battalion commander through North Africa, Greece and Papua New Guinea but goes into some detail on the 39th battalion he commanded on the Kokoda trail. The 39th was the first unit to engage the Japanese on the trail and is a riveting story. I'd highly recommend all three.
How about;
Retreat From Kokoda The Australian Campaign in New Guinea, 1942 By Paull, Raymond
Jungle Warriors From Tobruk to Kokoda and Beyond, How the Australian Army Became the World's Most Deadly Jungle Fighting Force By Threlfall, Adrian
The Path of Infinite Sorrow The Japanese on the Kokoda Track By Collie, Craig
War at the End of the World Douglas MacArthur and the Forgotten Fight for New Guinea, 1942-1945 By Duffy, James P.
South-west Pacific Area--first Year Kokoda to Wau By McCarthy, Dudley
Retreat From Kokoda The Australian Campaign in New Guinea, 1942 By Paull, Raymond
Jungle Warriors From Tobruk to Kokoda and Beyond, How the Australian Army Became the World's Most Deadly Jungle Fighting Force By Threlfall, Adrian
The Path of Infinite Sorrow The Japanese on the Kokoda Track By Collie, Craig
War at the End of the World Douglas MacArthur and the Forgotten Fight for New Guinea, 1942-1945 By Duffy, James P.
South-west Pacific Area--first Year Kokoda to Wau By McCarthy, Dudley
