Battle for Palembang
Reference type
Publication details
Publisher
London : R. Hale
Date
1985.
Description
205 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Identifier(s)
ISBN : 0709023782
London : R. Hale
Date
1985.
Description
205 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Identifier(s)
ISBN : 0709023782
Publication year
1985
Summary
An account of the Allied defence of Palembang, Sumatra, against the Japanese invasion in February 1942, focusing on the strategically vital Pladjoe and Soengei Gerong oil refineries, the Japanese airborne assault, and the desperate Allied attempts to defend and destroy the installations before withdrawing from southern Sumatra.