Western New Guinea campaign information

The Western New Guinea campaign was a series of actions in the New Guinea campaign of World War II. Dutch East Indies KNIL, United States and Australian...

The New Guinea campaign of the Pacific War lasted from January 1942 until the end of the war in August 1945. During the initial phase in early 1942, the...

Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, is the western, Indonesian half of the island of New Guinea, granted...

Dutch New Guinea or Netherlands New Guinea (Dutch: Nederlands-Nieuw-Guinea, Indonesian: Nugini Belanda) was the western half of the island of New Guinea that...

1944-02-29 – 1944-03-25 Admiralty Islands campaign 1944-04-22 – 1945-08-15 Western New Guinea campaign Madagascar Campaign 1942-05-05 – 1942-11-06 Battle of Madagascar...

The New Guinea Highlands, also known as the Central Range or Central Cordillera, is a long chain of mountain ranges on the island of New Guinea, including...

island of New Britain, became a major Japanese base (see New Guinea campaign). After World War II, the territories of Papua and New Guinea were combined...

Guinea. The eastern half of the island is the major land mass of the independent nation of Papua New Guinea. The western half, known as Western New Guinea...

Aitape (code-named Operation Persecution) was a battle of the Western New Guinea campaign of World War II. American and Allied forces undertook an amphibious...

New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea...

The Battle of Biak was part of the Western New Guinea campaign of World War II, fought between the United States Army and the Japanese Army from 27 May...

forces during World War II Landing at Hollandia, a battle of the Western New Guinea campaign of World War II in April 1944 Hollandia Hut, Swiss Alpine Club...

independence struggle, it retained control over its colony on the western half of New Guinea. The Indonesian government claimed this territory as well, on...

The prehistory of Papua New Guinea can be traced to about 50,000–60,000 years ago, when people first migrated towards the Australian continent. The written...

control by the Japanese during the New Guinea campaign of World War II when Japanese forces started an invasion of New Guinea, primarily the northern part of...

The History of Western New Guinea refers to the history of the Indonesian western half of the island of New Guinea and other smaller islands to its west...

government's military campaigns: putting down regional rebellions in the late 1950s, the Operation Trikora (Western New Guinea campaign) in 1961–1962, the...

Dutch New Guinea, between United States and Japanese forces. Fought over the period 17 May – 2 September 1944, the battle formed part of the Western New Guinea...

carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) during the early weeks of the Western New Guinea campaign in April-May 1944. He was removed from command in May 1944, after a...

the New Guinea campaign. After the liberation of most of Australian New Guinea the RAAF and RAN participated in the US-led Western New Guinea campaign, which...

For administrative purposes, Papua New Guinea is divided into administrative divisions called provinces. There are 22 provincial-level divisions, which...

positions, which were then bypassed. The Solomon Islands campaign then converged with the New Guinea campaign. On December 7, 1941, after failing to resolve a...

Battle of Aitape, 10 July – 25 August 1944, was part of the Western New Guinea campaign of World War II. During the fighting, Japanese forces launched...

the remainder of July. She escorted a small convoy to Dreger Harbor, New Guinea, between 1 and 5 August and then shifted to Milne Bay for repairs on her...

province of Southwest Papua. The city is located on the western tip of the island of New Guinea with its only land borders being with Sorong Regency. It...

1944 Admiralty Islands campaign, February–May 1944 Western New Guinea campaign, April 1944 – August 1945 Aitape–Wewak campaign, November 1944 – August...

The New Britain campaign was a World War II campaign fought between Allied and Imperial Japanese forces. The campaign was initiated by the Allies in late...