Should We Fall To Ruin Audiobook Libro.fm

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This is the untold story of a remote garrison of Allied soldiers on New Guinea during WWII who stood up to the Japanese invasion despite insurmountable odds
When the Japanese invade in 1942 the Australian men and women stationed at the New Guinea port of Rabaul flee into the jungle Written off by their government as hostages to fortune the littleknown garrison on Australias tropic frontier has been left with no modern equipment no lifeline to the outside and no means of escape Most are captured and killed in the sinking of the prison ship Montevideo Maru which remains Australias worst sea disaster But the surviving soldiers and nurses carry on to fight the Japanese on other fronts or to witness the collapse of the Japanese Empire from the inside Having borne the brunt of defeat their letters and diaries also record the turning point of the war and the march to victory
Rich in detail drawn from first person accounts Should We Fall To Ruin illuminates this untold period in military history It is a compelling tale of bravery and resilience in the face of a seemingly unstoppable enemy