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Independent Company: The 2/2 and 2/4 Australian Independent Companies in Portuguese Timor, 1941-1943

Bernard J Callinan
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AUSTRALIAN MILITARY

The detailed history of the No.2 and No. 4 Independent Commando Companies and their operations during World War 2 against the Japanese. Introductory chapter by Nevil Shute. Account of Australian commando-type units and their successful campaign in Timor. Forced back into the mountains, the men of the 2/2 and 2/4 Independent Companies organised a guerrilla war. They refused to surrender and became the only Allied force between India and New Guinea which defied the enemy. pp xxxiii, 235, index, 37 illustrations, 6 text maps, 2 eps maps. (No dustjacket. Some markings to cloth covers. Name on prelim.) First Edition. Signed by Author.   #1220/101222/130523

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AuthorBernard J Callinan
Number of pages268
PublisherWilliam Heinemann, Sydney
Year Published1953
Book Condition

Very Good

Binding Type

Hardcover original cloth binding.

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