Lo que dicen los registros
- Cuándo
- 27 may 1944 – 17 ago 1944
- Tipo
- Batalla
- Coordenadas
- 1.00° S, 136.00° E
- Description
- 1944 battle in the New Guinea campaign of World War II
- War
- World War II
Battle of Biak
Battle in the New Guinea campaign of World War II
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 May 27 to August 17, 1944. Taking place on the island of Biak, in Geelvink Bay, in present-day Indonesia, it was part of General Douglas MacArthur's South West Pacific Area's offensive drive to clear New Guinea in preparation for an invasion of the Philippines.
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2 fuentes lo registran
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Página de la fuente
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · lo llama “victoire alliée à la bataille de Biak, en Nouvelle-Guinée”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página de la fuente
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- Operation Postern4 sept 1943 · Operación militar
- Japanese invasion of Dutch New Guineaabr 1942 · Operación militar
- West Iriandic 1949 · Reclamación territorial