Peter Williams.

The Kokoda Campaign 1942

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• 4.1/5 Amazon US
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The Kokoda Campaign read through Japanese and Australian archives.

A re-examination of the 1942 Kokoda Campaign based on Japanese and Australian archival sources.

Japan's Pacific War

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• 4.8/5 AbeBooks
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The Pacific War from the Japanese ranks.

First-person accounts of the Pacific War from Imperial Japanese Army and Navy veterans, collected in Japan by Peter Williams.

“Interviewing Japanese Veterans”

The fieldwork behind Japan’s Pacific War — hours of conversation with Imperial Japanese Army and Navy veterans, in their own language.

“Australia's Thermopylae: Were the Australians Really Outnumbered?”

A close reading of the Battle of Isurava against the primary sources. Were the Australians actually outnumbered? The evidence says otherwise.

“Peter Williams: The Pacific War”

A recorded 45-minute lecture on the Pacific War — Peter's research on Japanese veterans and the Kokoda campaign, condensed for a general audience.

Kokoda for Dummies

A general-reader introduction to the Kokoda campaign.

Çanakkale Savaşı Kanlısırt Muharebesi, 25 Nisan 1915

Turkish-language study of the Battle of Anzac Ridge (Kanlısırt) on 25 April 1915, from the Ottoman perspective. Translation of The Battle of Anzac Ridge (AMHP, 2007).

The Battle of Anzac Ridge

Peter's first book. A close-grain study of the 25 April 1915 Anzac landing and the fighting on Anzac Ridge from both the Australian/New Zealand and Ottoman sides, drawing on Turkish primary sources.