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  2. Kokoda Track campaign - Wikipedia

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    In 1942, the village was the site of a government station, rubber plantation and strategically important airstrip. The Kokoda Track is a foot track that runs roughly southwest from Kokoda 96 kilometres (60 mi) overland (60 kilometres (37 mi) in a straight line) through the Owen Stanley Range towards Port Moresby. It was known before the war and ...

  3. Kokoda Track - Wikipedia

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    Location of the Kokoda Track within Papua New Guinea Map of the Kokoda Track as it was in 1942. The map is rotated to have NE bearing at the top of the page. The Kokoda Track or Trail is a single-file foot thoroughfare that runs 96 kilometres (60 mi) overland – 60 kilometres (37 mi) in a straight line – through the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

  4. Kokoda - Wikipedia

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    Kokoda is a station town in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. It is famous as the northern end of the Kokoda Track , site of the eponymous Kokoda Track campaign of World War II . In that campaign, it had strategic significance because it had the only airfield along the Track.

  5. Battle of Mission Ridge–Brigade Hill - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Mission Ridge–Brigade Hill (also known as the Battle of Efogi) took place between 6 and 9 September 1942, during the Kokoda Track campaign of the Second World War. Involving forces from Australia, the United States, and Japan, the fighting centred on a high feature south of the village of Efogi on the Kokoda Track.

  6. Second Battle of Eora Creek–Templeton's Crossing - Wikipedia

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    The Second Battle of Eora Creek–Templeton's Crossing was fought from 11 to 28 October 1942. Forming part of the Kokoda Track campaign of the Second World War, the battle involved military forces from Australia, supported by the United States, fighting against Japanese troops from Major General Tomitaro Horii's South Seas Detachment who had landed in Papua in mid-1942, with the intent of ...

  7. Templeton's Crossing - Wikipedia

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    The Kokoda Track . Templeton's Crossing is a locality on the Kokoda Track in New Guinea.The original track, at the start of the Kokoda Track campaign, proceeded north from Kagi and crossed over the watershed of the Owen Stanley Range as it passed through "the Gap" [Note 1] – skirting the eastern side of Mount Bellamy.

  8. Battle of Isurava - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Isurava, also sometimes referred to as the Battle of Isurava – Abuari [1] or the Battle of Isuraba, [2] took place between 26 and 31 August 1942. Forming part of the Kokoda Track campaign of the Second World War, the battle involved military forces from Australia, supported by the United States, fighting against Japanese troops from Major General Tomitaro Horii's South Seas ...

  9. Invasion of Buna–Gona - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese invaded and occupied the location in preparation for an overland attack on Port Moresby along the Kokoda Track. The landing marked the start of the Kokoda Track campaign. The landings were not directly opposed by land forces but were engaged by elements of Maroubra Force as they advanced on Kokoda.