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Issue Details: First known date: 1970... 1970 Circle of Fire
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'In earlier days of the War in the Pacific, Japanese submarines had clobbered Allied shipping with dreadful effectiveness. However, the Allied advance had cut off these killers of the deep from their fuel supplies. Their range was over-extended; their crews were tired; they were sustaining heavy losses at the hands of Allied destroyers. The the Imperial Japanese Navy enlisted the help of a truly brilliant engineer. They established under-water fuel supplies in the lagoon of Mantigui Island. Now they were potent once more - Allied shipping losses increased alarmingly! Dutchy Holland was given the job. His mission, to get H.M.A.S. Jackal into this hornet's nest and destroy the fuel tanks. It was a mission from which Dutchy entertained scant hope of returning...' - back cover (1970).

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    • Cammeray, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Horwitz , 1978 .
      Extent: 126p.
      ISBN: 0725505494
      Series: J. E. Macdonnell Classic Series The J. E. Macdonnell Classic Library Horwitz (publisher), 1969 series - publisher novel war literature adventure On back cover series No.1: The J. E. Macdonnell Classic Library. Here is a new-look series of books by Australia's finest writer of sea stories, reprints of his earliest novels which have long been unavailable. Presented in a new format, with distinctive silver covers, this series is the answer to the requests of the author's many readers. Here are exciting examples of the storyteller's art, engrossing stories of naval action during the Second World War, when the author's most famous characters - Bentley, Holland and Brady - first appeared in print. And when you have read the early tales, you will also want to read the continuing exploits of these heroic sea warriors in the uniform editions of the Sea Adventure Library. Number in series: 108
    • Cammeray, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Horwitz , 1985 .
      Extent: 126p.
      ISBN: 0725517964
      Series: J. E. Macdonnell Collector's Series Horwitz (publisher), series - publisher novel war literature adventure Number in series: 105
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