What the records say
- When
- 25 Aug 1942 – 7 Sep 1942
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 10.32° S, 150.48° E
- Description
- 1942 battle
- War
- World War II
Battle of Milne Bay
Battle of World War II
The Battle of Milne Bay, also known as Operation RE or the Battle of Rabi (ラビの戦い) by the Japanese, was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Japanese naval infantry, known as Kaigun Tokubetsu Rikusentai, with two small tanks attacked the Allied airfields at Milne Bay that had been established on the eastern tip of New Guinea.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Battle of Milne Bay opens, when Japanese marines land at Milne Bay”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Japonais débarquent à la baie de Milne en Nouvelle-Guinée mais sont battus par les Australiens”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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