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The begining of the Gona battle
This was a battle fought by Australians -
The begining of the Sanananda battle
This was a battle fought by Americans and Australians -
the begining of the Buna battle
This was a battle fought mostly by Americans however many australians fought as rienforsments. -
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Beach Head Battles
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First attack (sanananda)
The American company (a company is a group of soliders. it usually consists of 80–225 soldiers) ran into a number of Japanese patrols making about 320 meters.The Australian company ran into heavy Japanese opposition very quickly and covered 180 meters. -
Australians failed to outflank the Japanese position
The Australian 25th Brigade sent one battalion through the swamps, to attack the Japanese positions from the east. They had done the same a day earlier (22 november 1942).
Both attacks failed, at a cost of 129 Australian killed and wounded. -
Australias 25th Brigade get reinfocements in Gona
The 25th Brigade was no longer strong enough to launch a new attack. The Australian 21st Brigade (1100 men strong) came and helped the 25th Brigade. -
Australians helping in buna
Five Australian Bren gun carriers reached Porlock Harbor they were used in an attack along the coast, and all five were destroyed within twenty minutes. -
Fresh Australian troops (sanananda)
The Australian 30th Brigade relieved the 16th Brigade. Later that day The fresh Australian troops attempted one of many frontal assault how ever it was without success -
The decisive attack at Gona
The 39th Battalion was finally able to clear the defenders out of Gona village . however hand-to-hand fighting continued in Gona until the afternoon of 9 December. -
End of the Gona battle
The Japanese lost at least 638 dead during the defence of Gona, while the Australians lost 750 men dead, wounded and missing. -
The final attack at Buna
The remaining Americans and Australians attacked the last of the japanese, who fought until the next day. -
End of the Buna battle
At noon the two senior Japanese officers in the mission, Colonel Tamamoto and Captain Tasuda, committed suicide. even so the fighting continued until the last of the japanese died. -
Japanese troops abandond by their country (sanananda)
The japanese troops were abandond with no more freash supplies coming in. Most tried to slip through the Allied defence line. The Allies didn't know this until 10 days later. -
The hardest fighting in sanananda
This day there was a heavy artillery bombardment from 10:15 to 10:30 this was followed by a five minute mortar bombardment. The final Japanese positions were overrun by 13:00 on 22 January. -
End of the Sanananda battle
during this battel 2,700 Australian and 798 American where killed, injured or missing
