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A map depicting locations along the Kokoda Track. In 1942, Papua was a territory of Australia. [27] There had been little development and it was largely devoid of infrastructure beyond that around Port Moresby. [28]
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).
File:Kokoda trail location.svg. ... English: Map of New Guinea territories 1942, showing location of Kokoda Trail, scale in km. Date: 11 March 2010: Source: Own work:
Kokoda Front Line! was a full-length edition of the Australian newsreel, Cinesound Review, produced by the Australian News & Information Bureau and Cinesound Productions Limited in 1942, about the Kokoda Track campaign. It was one of four winners of the 15th Academy Awards for best documentary, and the first Australian film to win an Oscar.
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Two battles were fought in and around the village during the opening stages of the Kokoda Track campaign. Kokoda was reoccupied by Australian forces on 2 November 1942, following the Japanese withdrawal back to the north coast. [5] The station is linked by a rough road and a two-hour journey to the provincial capital of Popondetta. In August ...
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 ...
A makeshift bridge over the swift-flowing Kumusi River at Wairopi on the northern section of the Kokoda Track Map of the Kokoda Trail (1942) with Wairopi. The map is rotated to have NE bearings at the top of the page. Wairopi (English: Wire Rope Bridge) is a village along the Kumusi River, in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. The village lies ...