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During the New Britain Campaign, American forces had decided to capture Cape Gloucester for its two airfields, to assist planned attacks on the garrison on Rabaul, an important area in New Britain. It became the site of the Battle of Cape Gloucester, part of Operation Cartwheel, in 1943. After long fighting through rain and Japanese, the United ...
The Battle of Cape Gloucester was fought in the Pacific theater of World War II between Japanese and Allied forces on the island of New Britain, Territory of New Guinea, between 26 December 1943 and 16 January 1944. Codenamed Operation Backhander, the US landing formed part of the wider Operation Cartwheel, the main Allied strategy in the South ...
- 26 December 1943 – 16 January 1944
- Allied victory
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Cape Gloucester. Cape Gloucester may refer to: Cape Gloucester, Queensland, a locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. Cape Gloucester (Papua New Guinea), a headland in Papua New Guinea. Category: Place name disambiguation pages.
Western New Guinea was formally annexed by Indonesia in 1969. From 1971, the name Papua New Guinea was used for the Australian territory. On 16 September 1975, Australia granted full independence to Papua New Guinea. In 2000, Irian Jaya was formally renamed "The Province of Papua" and a Law on Special Autonomy was passed in 2001.
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The landings were slated to take place at Cape Gloucester on 26 December 1943. Eleven days prior to the Marine invasion, the Army’s 112th Cavalry made an assault on the Arawe Peninsula to the southeast of Cape Gloucester with the primary purpose of distracting the Japanese from the main Marine thrust.
The Battle of Cape Gloucester was fought in the Pacific theater of World War II between Japanese and Allied forces on the island of New Britain, Territory of New Guinea, between 26 December 1943 and 16 January 1944. Codenamed Operation Backhander, the US landing formed part of the wider Operation Cartwheel, the main Allied strategy in the South West Pacific Area and Pacific Ocean Areas during ...
Pasukan Pertahanan Papua Nugini ( PNGDF) adalah organisasi militer yang bertanggung jawab atas pertahanan Papua Nugini. Itu berasal dari angkatan darat Angkatan Darat Australia di wilayah Papua Nugini sebelum kemerdekaan, muncul pada Januari 1973 dan memiliki anteseden di Resimen Kepulauan Pasifik. PNGDF adalah pasukan kecil, berjumlah sekitar ...
