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Japanese settlement in the Territory of Papua and German New Guinea (in what now constitutes modern-day Papua New Guinea) dates back to the early 20th century when migrants from Japan established copra plantations and trading businesses in the islands, specifically Rabaul. The Japanese community remained small throughout the first half of the ...
The New Guinea campaign opened with the battles for New Britain and New Ireland in the Territory of New Guinea in 1942. Rabaul , the capital of the Territory was overwhelmed on 22–23 January and was established as a major Japanese base from whence they landed on mainland New Guinea and advanced towards Port Moresby and Australia. [ 14 ]
The island of New Guinea was divided by two countries, the Netherlands (Dutch East Indies) and Australia (Territory of New Guinea).The island was brought into control by the Japanese during the New Guinea campaign of World War II when Japanese forces started an invasion of New Guinea, primarily the northern part of the island, [2] and took over the city of Rabaul.
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.
As Papua and New Guinea (AU) Guam: Ōmiya-tō (大宮島) December 10, 1941 – August 10, 1944: from Guam (US) South Seas Mandate: Nan'yō Guntō (南洋群島) 1919–1945: 129,000: from German Empire: Nauru: Nauru (ナウル) August 26, 1942 – September 13, 1945: 3,000: Occupied from the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand Wake ...
Map of New Guinea, with place names as used in English in the 1940s (from New Guinea) Image 14 British flag raised in Queensland 1883 (from History of Papua New Guinea ) Image 15 Australian troops at Milne Bay, Papua.The Australian garrison was the first to inflict defeat on the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II at the Battle of Milne ...
The island of Bougainville and several local communities lying on the north coast of New Guinea saw their first elementary education during the early years of Japanese settlement. Michael Somare, the first prime minister of Papua New Guinea, claimed that he spent his first year of primary education being taught in a Japanese-language school. [4]
In recent years, Japanese migration to Australia, largely consisting of younger age females, has been on the rise. [81] There is also a small but growing Japanese community in New Zealand, primarily in Auckland and Wellington. In the census of December 1939, the total population of the South Seas Mandate was 129,104, of which 77,257 were Japanese.