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Chapter 3 - The Battle of Milne Bay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2024

Matthew Miller
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Summary

It rains daily for nine months and then the monsoon starts.

Drea, quoting an American soldier in New Guinea1
The battle at Milne Bay was a confrontation of necessity between the first Australian and US combined force and the Japanese over a strategic natural harbour on the south-eastern end of the island of New Guinea. Milne Bay offered the Allies a staging base to launch operations against the Japanese SWPA headquarters at Rabaul. Conversely, Milne Bay offered the Japanese a base from which to launch operations against the Allied forward headquarters at Port Stanley, which supported the Australian troops fighting the Japanese on the Kokoda Track.

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Milne BayNew Guineabattlejungle warfareartillaryinfantrycombatAustralian Army
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Assault Brigade
The 18th Australian Infantry Brigade in World War II
 , pp. 48 - 67
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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