Landing at Aitape

When

22 Apr 1944

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

3.13° S, 142.35° E

Description

battle of the Western New Guinea campaign of World War II

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Battle of the Western New Guinea campaign of World War II

The Landing at Aitape was a battle of the Western New Guinea campaign of World War II. American and Allied forces undertook an amphibious landing on 22 April 1944 at Aitape on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. The amphibious landing was undertaken simultaneously with the landings at Humboldt and Tanahmerah Bays to secure Hollandia to isolate the Japanese 18th Army at Wewak.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “débarquement allié sur Aitape, en Nouvelle-Guinée”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Высадка в Аитапе”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page