Invasion Rabaul

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"January 23, 1942, New Britain. It was 2:30 a.m., the darkest hour of the day and, for the defenders of this Southwest Pacific island, soon to be the war's darkest hour. Fifteen hundred men and six nurses, Lark Force, had been deployed to New Britain to fortify and defend Rabaul, capital of Australia's mandated territories. Once they'd completed their work on the strategic port and its two airfields, the group - mostly volunteers from Victoria - had settled into the routine of garrison duties, confident of being relieved within a year"--Publisher website (November 2007).;Prologue -- Diggers -- Evil spirits -- Hostages to fortune -- Prelude to an invasion -- Chaos -- Vigorous youth from Shikoku -- Every man for himself -- You will only die -- Tol -- Escape: the Lakatoi -- Escape: the Laurabada -- Outcry -- Inside the fortress -- Cruel fates -- The long wait -- Epilogue. Prologue -- Diggers -- Evil spirits -- Hostages to fortune -- Prelude to an invasion -- Chaos -- Vigorous youth from Shikoku -- Every man for himself -- You will only die -- Tol -- Escape: the Lakatoi -- Escape: the Laurabada -- Outcry -- Inside the fortress -- Cruel fates -- The long wait -- Epilogue.