The Pacific
Contents
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- [covers]
- [title page]
- [frontispiece]
- [title page]
- Foreword p. v
- Contents p. vii
- List of Illustrations p. ix
- List of Maps p. xii
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- CHAPTER 1 — Japan—Rise and Conquest p. 1
- CHAPTER 2 — The Fiji Garrison
- CHAPTER 3 — Problems of Command and Employment p. 57
- CHAPTER 4 — Back to the Pacific
- I: The Third Division Emerges p. 71
- II: Move to New Caledonia p. 87
- III: Life Among the Niaoulis p. 98
- IV: Negotiations—Political and Service p. 103
- V: Training for Combat p. 116
- CHAPTER 5 — Three Island Actions
- I: Vella Lavella p. 125
- II: The Treasuries p. 142
- III: The Waiting Period p. 159
- IV: The Capture of Green Islands p. 168
- CHAPTER 6 — The End of a Division p. 195
- CHAPTER 7 — The Battle for the Solomons
- I: Japanese Plans Defeated p. 204
- II: The Turning Point p. 211
- III: Crucial Action p. 216
- IV: The Japanese Move Back p. 221
- CHAPTER 8 — The Coastwatchers p. 228
- CHAPTER 9 — Navy and Air Force
- I: The Navy in the Solomons p. 240
- II: The Air Force Story p. 245
- CHAPTER 10 — Fiji Units in Action
- I: Training a Brigade Group p. 261
- II: Guerrillas in the Jungle p. 264
- III: Battalions Move to the Solomons p. 272
- CHAPTER 11 — The Smaller Garrisons
- I: Fanning Island p. 288
- II: Tonga p. 292
- III: Norfolk Island p. 300
- CHAPTER 12 — Occupation in Japan p. 307
- CHAPTER 13 — Reflections p. 318
- Appendix I p. 327
- Appendix II p. 328
- Appendix III p. 334
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Appendix IV p. 337
- [section] p. 337
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- Appendix V p. 341
- Appendix VI p. 342
- Appendix VII p. 344
- Appendix VIII p. 346
- Appendix IX p. 353
- Appendix X p. 359
- Appendix XI p. 360
- Appendix XII p. 362
- Bibliography p. 363
- Index p. 365