Battle of Tsimba Ridge

When

17 Jan 1945 – 9 Feb 1945

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

5.64° S, 154.75° E

Description

1945 engagement of the Second World War involving Australian and Japanese forces

War

World War II

1945 engagement of WWII between Australian and Japanese forces

The Battle of Tsimba Ridge was an engagement of the Second World War involving Australian and Japanese forces. Part of the wider Bougainville campaign of the Pacific theatre, the battle occurred in the northern sector of Bougainville Island between 17 January and 9 February 1945, when the lead battalion of the Australian 11th Brigade—the 31st/51st Infantry Battalion—advanced towards the Genga River as part of a drive…

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