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  • South Pacific Cauldron

  • World War II's Great Forgotten Battlegrounds
  • By: Alan Rems
  • Narrated by: Michael Prichard
  • Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)

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South Pacific Cauldron

By: Alan Rems
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
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South Pacific Cauldron is the first complete history embracing all land, sea, and air operations in the Pacific War. Unlike most other World War II accounts, this work covers the South Pacific operations in detail. The audiobook includes many now-forgotten operations that deserve to be well remembered. Significantly, the official Australian history of World War II correctly observed that Australia's part in the Pacific war is barely mentioned in American histories.

This volume finally brings the major Australian contribution to the fore. The dramatis personae could hardly be improved upon, including brilliant and imperious General Douglas MacArthur, audacious and profane Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, and bibulous and indelicate Australian General Thomas Blamey. As for the fighting men, many of their stories are captured in accounts of the actions for which they were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, Victoria Cross, and other decorations for valor.

©2014 Alan Rems (P)2014 Tantor
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Categories: History
Australia, New Zealand & Oceania Military World Naval Warfare
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"South Pacific Cauldron is a first-rate account of the brutal and important fighting that occurred in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea during World War II....Alan Rems provides military history buffs with a fine starting point for the overlooked military operations in one of the world's most hostile environments." (Stephen R. Taaffe, author of Marshall and His Generals)

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It was good of you to write a book showing all the forces in the Pacific campaign. We to often do not hear much about the Australians and New Zealanders part in this war. I wish that you would’ve said something about the 39th militia group which took on the Japanese in Kokoda.

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Excellent tale well told and fills in the role of Australians which is generally bypassed in most books.

Most stories written about the pacific war bypass the role played by Australians and New Zealanders.

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Very informative

This e book is very detailed and specific. I found it very interesting. A great piece of World War 2 history. Well worth a listen.

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