No Further South

A series by Kellen Squire. May 1942

"The enemy can come no further south than he has reached."

John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia, 3 November 1942.

Episodes

In production

Episode 1

In production

Episode 2

The Eighth of May

Chart of the Papuan coast and the Louisiade Archipelago, 6 May 1942
6 May 1942. Louisiade Archipelago. 32 Squadron Hudson from Seven Mile.

Where it comes from (the record)

Film

  • Australian War Memorial, including the Damien Parer films.
  • US National Archives, USS Lexington reels 428-NPC-16031 and 428-NPC-16032.

Official histories

  • Douglas Gillison, Royal Australian Air Force 1939-1942.
  • G. Hermon Gill, Royal Australian Navy 1942-1945.

Studies

  • Richard W. Bates, The Battle of the Coral Sea, Naval War College, 1947.
  • Milan Vego, The Port Moresby-Solomons Operation and the Allied Reaction, Naval War College Review 65, no. 1, 2012.

Places

  • Pacific Wrecks.
  • Dr Richard Walding, Griffith University, on Ack-Ack Hill and the Port Moresby defences.

Depths and coast

  • NOAA ETOPO 2022.
  • GSHHG.

Game footage

  • Task Force Admiral, Drydock Dreams Games / MicroProse.
  • DCS World, Eagle Dynamics.

The full list, and who to thank