Landing at Nassau Bay

When

6 Jul 1943

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

7.28° S, 147.15° E

War

World War II

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

The Landing at Nassau Bay was an amphibious landing by Allied forces at Nassau Bay during the New Guinea campaign of World War II that took place between 30 June and 6 July 1943. The operation was undertaken so that Allies could secure a beachhead to establish a supply point to shorten their supply lines for the proposed attack on Salamaua as part of the Salamaua–Lae campaign and resulted in a battalion-sized force o…

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