Pacific Footsteps

First broadcast July 2005

In Europe, World War Two ended in May 1945, but in the Pacific region, it continued until August when Japan surrendered.

Pacific Footsteps, a co-production between the BBC World Service and ABC Radio National, marks the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two in the Pacific.

Presenter Brent Clough follows the battles and examines contemporary life in four countries touched by the war in this region.

Part 2: Papua New Guinea

We walk the route taken by Australian troops as they died fighting the Japanese in the hostile jungles. These battles are now seen as turning the tide - preventing a Japanese invasion of Australia.

PICTURE GALLERY Papua New Guinea

Despite being Australia's nearest neighbour, the country has more in common with sub Saharan Africa.

Poverty, a young population and a mismatch between tradition and the demands of the modern world all feature. We look at how people from market traders to the prime minster are responding to the challenges.

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