Kokoda trail

Kokoda

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  • Japanese attack Pearl harbour

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    Kokoda campaign

    The campaign of Kokoda was significant because it was a vital point in stopping the Japanese advance. The Japanese were attempting to take control of Port Moresby as it would have been the perfect vantage point for advancing on Australia. Kokoda was describes as the battle that saved Australia.
    Initially the Japanese had 6000 troops but Australia only had 400. The Australian troops who fought on the Kokoda Trail were largely inexperienced, under-trained, under-equipped and mostly under 20. The J

  • Australia's 39th Battalion arrive in PNG

  • Japanese invade Rabaul, East New Britain, PNG, and slaughter captured Australian soldiers

  • Singapore falls to the Japanese. 14000 Australian soldiers are taken captive

  • Battle of the Coral Sea. Japanese thwarted from invading Port Moresby by sea

  • First contact between Austalian and Japanese troops at Awala, 40 km north of Kokoda

  • Japanese take Kokoda. Australians fall back to Deniki

  • Lake Myola established as a solution to the Australians supply problems

  • Allied troops land at Guadalcanal

  • Japanese re-take Kokoda and push the Australians back to Isurava where they make a stand

  • Austalians begin a tactical fighting withdrawal, resisting the advancing Japanese and cutting off their supply lines at every opportunity

  • The Battle of Brigade Hill. Japanese forces overun Australian positions with disastrous results, hence, its name change to Butchers Hill. Lake Myola is evacuated

  • The Battle of Brigade Hill. Japanese forces overun Australian positions with disastrous results, hence, its name change to Butchers Hill. Lake Myola is evacuated

  • The Battle of Ioribaiwa. This as far as the Japanese advance, within sight of Port Moresby. The Emperor directs them to withdraw

  • The Austalians make a last and final stand on Imita Ridge. The Japanese never arrived

  • Japanese begin withdrawing from Ioribaiwa

  • The Austalians begin the offensive

  • The Austalians begin the offensive

  • The Japanese dig in at Templeton's Crossing but are pushed back by fresh Austalian troops to Eora Creek. Lake Myola re-opens

  • The Battle of Eora Creek and Templeton's Crossing area. Australians fight stubborn Japanese resistance to clear the area at great cost

  • Australian troops re-take Kokoda unopposed