Huon Peninsula campaign
The Huon Peninsula campaign was a series of battles fought in north-eastern Papua New Guinea in 1943–1944 during the Second World War. The campaign formed the initial part of an offensive that the Allies launched in the Pacific in late 1943 and resulted in the Japanese being pushed north from Lae to Sio on the northern coast of New Guinea over the course of a four-month period. For the Australians, a significant advantage was gained through the technological edge that Allied industry had achieved over the Japanese by this phase of the war, while the Japanese were hampered by a lack of supplies and reinforcements due to Allied interdiction efforts at sea and in the air.
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2/13th Battalion (Australia)2/14th Field Regiment (Australia)2/17th Battalion (Australia)2/23rd Battalion (Australia)2/24th Battalion (Australia)2/28th Battalion (Australia)2/32nd Battalion (Australia)2/3rd Pioneer Battalion (Australia)2/4th Commando Squadron (Australia)2/6th Field Regiment (Australia)20th Brigade (Australia)24th Brigade (Australia)26th Brigade (Australia)29th/46th Battalion (Australia)30th Battalion (Australia)35th Battalion (Australia)37th/52nd Battalion (Australia)4th Battalion (Australia)5th Division (Australia)8th Brigade (Australia)Cedric EdgarDavid Whitehead (soldier)Frank HassettGeorge WoottenJames CannanMervyn BroganSelwyn Porter
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Huon Peninsula campaign
The Huon Peninsula campaign was a series of battles fought in north-eastern Papua New Guinea in 1943–1944 during the Second World War. The campaign formed the initial part of an offensive that the Allies launched in the Pacific in late 1943 and resulted in the Japanese being pushed north from Lae to Sio on the northern coast of New Guinea over the course of a four-month period. For the Australians, a significant advantage was gained through the technological edge that Allied industry had achieved over the Japanese by this phase of the war, while the Japanese were hampered by a lack of supplies and reinforcements due to Allied interdiction efforts at sea and in the air.
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Die Schlacht um die Huon-Halbi ...... rmee die großangelegte begann.
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Kampanye Semenanjung Huon adal ...... pua Nugini selama empat bulan.
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La campagna della penisola di ...... oseguirono fino al marzo 1944.
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La campagne de la péninsule de ...... isterre pour rejoindre Madang.
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La campaña de la Península de ...... nueva campaña en Aitape-Wewak.
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The Huon Peninsula campaign wa ...... resh campaign in Aitape–Wewak.
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~1,387 killed or wounded
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1943-09-22
1944-03-01
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~1,387 killed or wounded
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~5,500 killed
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George Wootten
* Victor Windey ...... Cedric Edgar
* Frank Berryman
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Hatazō Adachi
* Eizo Yamada
* Shigeru Katagiri
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Huon Peninsula campaign
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the New Guinea Campaign of the Pacific Theater
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Allied victory
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~12,500
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~13,100
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Die Schlacht um die Huon-Halbi ...... Nachschub und Verstärkungen na
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Kampanye Semenanjung Huon adal ...... pua Nugini selama empat bulan.
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La campagna della penisola di ...... Rabaul nella Nuova Britannia.
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La campagne de la péninsule de ...... durant la guerre du Pacifique.
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La campaña de la Península de ...... ados por la falta de suministr
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The Huon Peninsula campaign wa ...... efforts at sea and in the air.
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Campagna della penisola di Huon
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Campagne de la péninsule de Huon
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Campaña de la Península de Huon
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Huon Peninsula campaign
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Kampanye militer Semenanjung Huon
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Schlacht um die Huon-Halbinsel
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