Landing at Lae

Landing at Lae
Part of World War II, Pacific War
Australian troops disembarking from American Landing Ships, Tank (LST), including LST-456, at Red Beach
Date 4–16 September 1943 Location Lae area, Morobe Province, Territory of New Guinea 06°44′00″S 147°00′00″E / 6.73333°S 147.00000°E / -6.73333; 147.00000Coordinates: 06°44′00″S 147°00′00″E / 6.73333°S 147.00000°E / -6.73333; 147.00000 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Australia  United States	Japan
Commanders and leaders
George Wootten Daniel Barbey	Hatazō Adachi Ryoichi Shoge
Units involved
I Corps 9th Division VII Amphibious Force	XVIII Army 51st Division Shoge Detachment

 Australia

George Wootten

Hatazō Adachi

I Corps

XVIII Army

The Landing at Lae was an amphibious landing to the east of Lae and then the subsequent advance on the town during the Salamaua–Lae campaign of World War II. Part of Operation Postern, which was undertaken to capture the Japanese base at Lae, the landing was undertaken between 4 and 6 September 1943 by Australian troops from the 9th Division, supported by US naval forces from the VII Amphibious Force. The first major amphibious operation undertaken by the Australian Army since the failed Gallipoli Campaign, the Australians invested a significant amount of effort into planning the operation.

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