The Kokoda Track
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The Kokoda track is a 60 mile jungle trail through the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea. Between July and November 1942, a series of battles, afterwards called the Kokoda Track Campaign, were fought between the Japanese and Australian forces. For Australians especially this brutal campaign has become synonymous with Gallipoli in the First World War as a costly, bloody and "tragic" event.
Dr Karl James is the Head of the Military History Section at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra and joins us today to talk about this campaign and put it into its proper context. Should it be seen as a tragedy or in fact a vitally important military victory? www.awm.gov.au/
Kokoda: Beyond the Legend by Karl James
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