Front cover image for Fortress Fiji : holding the line in the Pacific War, 1939-1945

Fortress Fiji : holding the line in the Pacific War, 1939-1945

Fiji was a strategic outpost on the northern approaches to New Zealand and a vital stepping stone across the Pacific. Tells the story of why Fiji was important to the Japanese and how and why the Allies developed its defences to repel a possible invasion
Print Book, English, 2006
R.W. Lowry, Sutton, N.S.W., 2006
History
ix, 121 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm
9780977512904, 0977512908
930698893
Before the Honolulu incident
Japan's quest for empire
The Allied response
The New Zealand defences
American forces take over
Fiji at war
Conclusion