Event New Britain campaign

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Was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II in the Australian Territory of New Guinea.

Chronology

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  • October 1944: Australian conquest of Cape Hoskins.
  • December 1944: Japanese conquest of Bialla Plantation.
  • March 1944: Battle of Talasea.
  • January 1944: Battle of Cape Gloucester.
  • September 1945: Following the Surrender of Japan in 1945, civil administration of Papua and New Guinea was restored, and under the Papua New Guinea Provisional Administration Act (1945-46), Papua and New Guinea were combined in an administrative union.
  • September 1945: Following the Surrender of Japan in 1945, civil administration of Papua and New Guinea was restored, and under the Papua New Guinea Provisional Administration Act (1945-46), Papua and New Guinea were combined in an administrative union.
  • March 1945: Australian conquest of Tol.
  • September 1945: Following the Surrender of Japan in 1945, civil administration of Papua and New Guinea was restored, and under the Papua New Guinea Provisional Administration Act (1945-46), Papua and New Guinea were combined in an administrative union.
  • September 1945: Following the Surrender of Japan in 1945, civil administration of Papua and New Guinea was restored, and under the Papua New Guinea Provisional Administration Act (1945-46), Papua and New Guinea were combined in an administrative union.
  • January 1945: Australian conquest of Kiep.
  • December 1944: Australian conquest of Sampun.
  • January 1945: Australian conquest of Lolobau island, Ea Ea.
  • February 1945: Australian conquest of Kalai.
  • February 1945: Japanese conquest of Baia.
  • December 1944: Australian conquest of Cape Koas.
  • December 1944: Australian conquest of Sampun.
  • September 1945: Following the Surrender of Japan in 1945, civil administration of Papua and New Guinea was restored, and under the Papua New Guinea Provisional Administration Act (1945-46), Papua and New Guinea were combined in an administrative union.