Huon Peninsula campaign

Huon Peninsula campaign
Part of World War II, Pacific War
A Matilda tank, named "Clincher", moves towards Japanese strong points near Finschhafen, on 9 November 1943.
Date 22 September 1943 – 1 March 1944 Location Huon Peninsula, Territory of New Guinea Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Australia  United States	Japan
Commanders and leaders
George Wootten Victor Windeyer Bernard Evans David Whitehead Selwyn Porter Cedric Edgar	Hatazō Adachi Eizo Yamada Shigeru Katagiri
Units involved
9th Division 4th Brigade 20th Brigade 24th Brigade 26th Brigade Attached in support: 532nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment No. 9 Operational Group RAAF 1st Tank Battalion 2/12th Field Regiment 2/6th Field Regiment	20th Division 79th Infantry Regiment 80th Infantry Regiment 26th Field Artillery Regiment 41st Division 238th Infantry Regiment 51st Division 102nd Infantry Regiment 85th Garrison Unit 4th Air Army
Strength
~13,100	~12,500
Casualties and losses
~1,387 killed or wounded	~5,500 killed

George Wootten

Hatazō Adachi

9th Division

Attached in support:

20th Division

41st Division

51st Division

The Huon Peninsula campaign was a series of battles fought in north-eastern Papua New Guinea in 1943–1944 during the Second World War. The campaign formed the initial part of an offensive that the Allies launched in the Pacific in late 1943 and resulted in the Japanese being pushed north from Lae to Sio on the northern coast of New Guinea over the course of a four-month period. For the Australians, a significant advantage was gained through the technological edge that Allied industry had achieved over the Japanese by this phase of the war, while the Japanese were hampered by a lack of supplies and reinforcements due to Allied interdiction efforts at sea and in the air.

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