Battle of Rabaul (1942) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Battle_of_Rabaul_(1942)1,000 soldiers captured. 16 killed. 49 wounded. The Battle of Rabaul, also known by the Japanese as Operation R, an instigating action of the New Guinea campaign, was fought on the island of New Britain in the Australian Territory of New Guinea, from 23 January into February 1942. It was a strategically significant defeat of Allied forces by ...
Rabaul - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › RabaulAf. Rabaul ( / rɑːˈbaʊl /) is a township in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Britain. It lies about 600 kilometres to the east of the island of New Guinea. Rabaul was the provincial capital and most important settlement in the province until it was destroyed in 1994 by falling ash from a volcanic ...
Neutralisation of Rabaul - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Neutralisation_of_RabaulThe neutralisation of Rabaul was an Allied campaign to render useless the Imperial Japanese base at Rabaul in eastern New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Japanese forces landed on Rabaul on 23 January 1942, capturing it by February 1942, after which the harbor and town were transformed into a major Japanese naval and air installation. The Japanese ...
Battle of Wau - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Battle_of_WauBattle of Wau. A 25-pounder of the 2/1st Field Regiment is unloaded from a Dakota on the airfield at Wau. The gun was assembled and fired at Japanese positions around Wau later that day. The Battle of Wau, 29 January – 4 February 1943, was a battle in the New Guinea campaign of World War II. Forces of the Empire of Japan sailed from Rabaul ...