Kokoda 75th Anniversary Edition

Peter FitzSimons’ masterful and gripping account of Australia’s legendary Kokoda triumph – our most important battle.

Acclaimed bestselling author Peter FitzSimons tells the Kokoda story in a gripping, moving story for all Australians: Kokoda is the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know just what happened – and just what our troops achieved.

‘It was just a series of muddy footholds in the mountainside . . . so slippery that you had to sling your rifle and leave your hands free to grab the nearest vine or branch as your feet slid from under you . . . so steep that in some places you could scale the mountain face only by using both hands and both feet . . . so muddy that at times you sloshed through a quagmire more than ankle deep and felt the cloying mud suck your feet back at every step. That was the track they were fighting for down there.’ Chester Wilmot (from a despatch banned by Commander-in-Chief Sir Thomas Blamey’s headquarters).

75th Anniversary Edition