44 Days

The Epic Battle That Saved Australia

44 Days by Michael Veitch is a brilliantly researched and sympathetically told account of one of the most extraordinary and little-known chapters in Australian military history.

In March 1942, Japan was bombing Darwin and advancing rapidly towards Australia through New Guinea. The situation was dire. In the midst of this crisis, the RAAF's 75 Squadron was born — a unit of fearless but barely trained pilots thrown into the skies above Port Moresby to hold back the Japanese advance.

For 44 days, these young men fought a desperate, almost impossible battle at the very edge of Australia. Outnumbered, outgunned, and exhausted, they gave everything they had — and in doing so, helped turn the tide of the Pacific War.

This is their story. Brilliantly told, deeply moving, and impossible to put down.

• The gripping true story of RAAF 75 Squadron's 44-day battle above Port Moresby
• Set against the terrifying backdrop of Japan's advance on Australia in 1942
• Brilliantly researched and sympathetically told by Michael Veitch
• A must-read for lovers of Australian military history and WWII stories

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