GOODENOUGH ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. DUMMIES REPRESENTING MEN LEISURELY READING WERE PART OF ...

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Accession Number 090202
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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GOODENOUGH ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. DUMMIES REPRESENTING MEN LEISURELY READING WERE PART OF THE BLUFF AND DECEPTION PRACTICED BY A SMALL GROUP OF AUSTRALIANS WHO SEIZED THE ISLAND AND LED THE JAPANESE TO BELIEVE THAT AT LEAST ONE BRIGADE OCCUPIED IT.