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Table of Contents
| INTRODUCTION | ||
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| THE JAPANESE THREAT TO AUSTRALIA | 1 | |
| BEGINNING OF THE ALLIED COUNTEROFFENSIVE | 2 | |
| PART I—BUNA | ||
| BACKGROUND OF THE BUNA OPERATION | 9 | |
| Geography and Climate of the Buna Area | 9 | |
| The Japanese Defensive Position | 13 | |
| Air-Ground Cooperation | 18 | |
| Transport, Supply, and Communication | 19 | |
| BATTERING AT BUNA (19 NOVEMBER–14 DECEMBER) | 26 | |
| First Contact | 26 | |
| Feeling Out the Enemy Lines (20–25 November) | 27 | |
| A Week of Attack (26 November–2 December) | 29 | |
| Breakthrough to the Sea(3–5 December) | 36 | |
| The Capture of Buna Village (6–14 December) | 41 | |
| Situation on 14 December | 42 | |
| WARREN FRONT: CAPTURE OF THE OLD STRIP (15 DECEMBER–3 JANUARY) | 45 | |
| The Tanks Break Through to Cape Endaiadere (18 December) | 45 | |
| Our Troops Cross the Bridge (19–23 December) | 45 | |
| The Fight up the Old Strip (24–28 December) | 48 | |
| The last Days on the Warren Front (29 December–3 January) | 50 | |
| URBANA FRONT: CAPTURE OF BUNA MISSION (15 DECEMBER–2 JANUARY) | 53 | |
| The Triangle and the Coconut Grove (15–20 December) | 54 | |
| Another Corridor to the Sea (21–28 December) | 55 | |
| The Mission Falls (28 December–2 January) | 57 | |
