Landing at Nadzab

When

5 Sep 1943

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

6.55° S, 146.70° E

Description

WWII airborne landing of 1943

War

World War II

WWII airborne landing of 1943

The Landing at Nadzab was an airborne landing on 5 September 1943 during the New Guinea campaign of World War II in conjunction with the landing at Lae. The Nadzab action began with a parachute drop at Lae Nadzab Airport, combined with an overland force.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: US landing at Nadzab: The 503rd Parachute Regiment under Colonel George Jones lands and occupies Nadzab, just east of the port city of Lae”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Américains prennent le contrôle de l’aérodrome de Nadzab au cours de l'un des rares assauts aéroportés dans le Pacifique, en Nouvelle-Guinée”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Высадка в Надзабе”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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