What the records say
- When
- 17 Dec 1943 – 8 Aug 1945
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 4.20° S, 152.17° E
- Description
- 1942 Allied recapture of Rabaul, New Guinea, from Japan
- War
- World War II
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Neutralisation of Rabaul
Allied recapture of Rabaul, New Guinea, from Japan during World War II
The neutralisation of Rabaul was an Allied campaign to render useless the Imperial Japanese base at Rabaul in eastern New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Japanese forces landed on Rabaul on 23 January 1942, capturing it by February 1942, after which the harbor and town were transformed into a major Japanese naval and air installation.
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