{"product_id":"bloody-buna","title":"Bloody Buna","description":"\u003cp\u003eBloody Buna by Lida Mayo is a gripping account of one of World War II’s most brutal and pivotal campaigns—the battle for Buna in New Guinea—transporting readers into the treacherous jungle where American and Australian forces faced relentless Japanese resistance. Mayo vividly conveys the harrowing conditions—malaria, mud, monsoon rains—that tested soldiers’ endurance as much as enemy firepower, and she situates the fighting within the strategic stakes of the Allied advance in the Pacific, weaving personal accounts, tactical and operational narrative, and broader wartime context to illuminate a campaign often overshadowed by more famous battles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1974 (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday) with subsequent editions in 1975 (David and Charles) and 1977 (New English Library; 191 pages), Bloody Buna is a compact campaign history and World War II operational study valued by New Guinea and Pacific theater enthusiasts. Mayo’s meticulous research and vivid storytelling combine frontline testimony with strategic analysis; specific editions’ inclusion of maps or photographs is not consistently documented, and bibliographic details (including pagination and format) vary by edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WW2 Bunker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44298902110310,"sku":null,"price":35.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/4926\/4998\/files\/S5cS-Sz-ZcMRHZ-Np6yoViqMyPI9mtEAQFslCGY9lyo.jpg?v=1767232110","url":"https:\/\/ww2bunker.com\/products\/bloody-buna","provider":"WW2 Bunker","version":"1.0","type":"link"}