James P. Duffy is the author of over a dozen previous books, most on military history. His World War II titles include The Sinking of the Laconia and the U-Boat War, Target America, Hitler's Secret Pirate Fleet, and War at the End of the World. He has also written on the American Civil War and the rulers of Imperial Russia. He resides with his family in New Jersey.
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One American soldier called it 'a green hell on earth.' Monsoon-soaked wilderness, debilitating heat, impassable mountains, torrential rivers, and disease-infested swamps—New Guinea was a battleground far more deadly than the most fanatical of enemy... SEE MORE