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New Guinea Campaign

New Guinea Campaign
Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II
7 January 1943. Australian forces attack Japanese positions near Buna. Members of the 2/12th Infantry Battalion advance as Stuart tanks from the 2/6th Armoured Regiment attack Japanese pillboxes. An upward-firing machine gun on the tank sprays treetops to clear them of snipers. (Photographer: George Silk).
Australian forces attack Japanese positions near Buna
Date 23 January 1942 – August 1945
Location New Guinea
Result Allied victory
Belligerents

 Australia


 United States
 New Zealand
 United Kingdom


 Netherlands 		 Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders

U.S. Army:
Douglas MacArthur
George Kenney
Robt. Eichelberger
U.S. Navy:
Arthur S. Carpender
R. Kelly Turner
Theod. S. Wilkinson
Daniel E. Barbey
Australian Army:
George Vasey

Norman Fleay

I.J. Army:
Empire of Japan Hitoshi Imamura
Empire of Japan Hatazō Adachi
Empire of Japan Tomitarō Horii †
Empire of Japan Heisuke Abe †
I.J. Navy:
Empire of Japan Isoroku Yamamoto
Empire of Japan Jisaburo Ozawa
Empire of Japan Jinichi Kusaka

Empire of Japan Masatomi Kimura
Strength
350,000
Casualties and losses
42,000 total 127,600 (New Guinea only)

 Australia


 United States
 New Zealand
 United Kingdom

U.S. Army:
Douglas MacArthur
George Kenney
Robt. Eichelberger
U.S. Navy:
Arthur S. Carpender
R. Kelly Turner
Theod. S. Wilkinson
Daniel E. Barbey
Australian Army:
George Vasey


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