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Battle of Sio

5 Dec 1943 – 1 Mar 1944 · 5.96° S, 147.37° E

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When
5 Dec 1943 – 1 Mar 1944
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
5.96° S, 147.37° E
Description
1943 Breakout phase of the New Guinea Campaign
War
World War II

Battle of Sio

1943–44 New Guinea campaign phase in WWII

The Battle of Sio, fought between December 1943 and March 1944, was the break-out and pursuit phase of General Douglas MacArthur's Huon Peninsula campaign, part of the New Guinea campaign of World War II.

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