Pertempuran Kaiapit

Pertempuran Kaiapit
Bagian dari Kampanye Lembah Markham dan Ramu – Pegunungan Finisterre, Perang Dunia II
Para prajurit Australia dari the 2/16th Battalion datang ke Kaiapit pada 20 September setelah wilayah tersebut direbut oleh 2/6th Independent Company
Tanggal 19–20 September 1943 Lokasi Kaiapit, Teritorial Papua Nugini Hasil Kemenangan Sekutu
Pihak terlibat
Australia Amerika Serikat	Kekaisaran Jepang
Tokoh dan pemimpin
Gordon King	Tsuneo Yonekura  †
Kekuatan
226	500
Korban
14 tewas 23 luka-luka	>214 tewas

Pertempuran Kaiapit adalah sebuah peristiwa yang terjadi pada 1943 dimana pasukan Australia bertarung melawan pasukan Jepang di Papua Nugini saat Kampanye Lembah Markham dan Ramu – Pegunungan Finisterre dalam Perang Dunia II. Setelah pendaratan di di Nadzab dan Lae, Sekutu berniat untuk memanfaatkan keberhasilan mereka dengan melaju ke Lembah Markham, melalui Kaiapit.

Referensi

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