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“A story of courage, valour and dogged determination, The Kamikaze Hunters tells how a few brave men helped to ensure lasting peace,”Book with soft cover, cardboard, gold print on front and spine, blue black print on the back, on white and blue background. Illustrated on front a photograph in blue and beige of a group of pilots in uniform in front of an airplane with propeller. 386 pages, cut, plain, off white, illustrated in black and white, and colour photographs.book, ww11, pacific, pilots

Warick Niven Johanson No PM4958 enlisted in the RAN on 9.9.42 aged 17 years 9 months. Posted to HMAS Australia February 1943. Saw service through the Japanese Kamikaze attacks. At discharge from the RAN on 17.4.46 his rank was Signalman HMAS Lonsdale. Refer 2566P.Medal set, court mounted, set of (6) re W Johanson. 1. 1939-45 Star. 2. Pacific Star. 3. War medal 1939-45. 4. Australian Service Medal 1939 - 45 5. Australian Service Medal 1945-75 with clasp "SW PACIFIC" 6. Phillipines Liberation Medal."PM4958 W.N.Johanson"medals, naval, history

Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.548.non-fictionPearl Harbour. Kokoda. The fall of Singapore. Curtin's fight with Churchill. The bombing of Darwin. The Battle of Midway. POWs. Kamikaze. Hiroshima. These words alone are enough to convey the terror, courage and drama of the Pacific War, when the balance of power stood on a knife-edge and when the future of Australia herself was on the brink - threatened by Japanese aggression on one hand and British apathy on the other. Until now the history of the Pacific War has largely been written from the American perspective. Now, for the first time, Peter Thompson places Australian voices and action at the heart of a struggle that took an unimaginable number of lives and only ended with the unleashing of the most powerful weapon the world had ever seen. Pearl Harbor; The fall of Singapore; Curtin's fights with Churchill; The bombing of Darwin; POW camps; The battle of Midway; Kokoda; Buna; Kamikaze pilots; Hiroshima. These words alone are enough to convey the terror, courage and drama of the Pacific War, when the balance of power stood on a knife-edge and when the future of Australia was on the brink - threatened by Japanese aggression on the one hand and British deception on the other. After a conflict that took an unimaginable number of lives and ended with the unleashing of the most powerful weapon the world had ever seen, the Allies emerged victorious. Australia, however, was criticised by Churchill and his generals for showing cowardice in the face of the enemy and for not caring about the fate of other nations. The endorsement of these claims by several military historians today shows that the smear has not gone away. Until nowworld war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – pacific, world war 1939 – 1945 – australia

Index, bibliography, ill, diagrams, p.281.non-fictionAn examination of the machinery and motives of self sacrifice during World War Twoworld war 1939 – 1945 – aerial operations - japan, kamikaze attacks

Ill, p.159.non-fictionA history of japanese suicide weapons and actionskamikaze attacks, world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - japan