kokoda

By julierichards36

  • Japanese attack Pearl Harbour

    7 Dec 1941 – Japanese attack Pearl Harbour
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    australias involvement

    kokoda important dates
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    all the dates in this

    7 Dec 1941 – Japanese attack Pearl Harbour
    •3 Jan 1942 – Australia's 39th Battalion arrive in PNG
    •23 Jan 1942 – Japanese invade Rabaul, East New Britain, PNG, and slaughter captured Australian soldiers
    •15 Feb 1942 – Singapore falls to the Japanese. 14000 Australian soldiers are taken captive
    •18 Apr 1942 – General Douglas MacArthur appointed Supreme Commander In-Chief of Allied Military Forces in the Southwest Pacific
    •5-8 May 1942 – Battle of the Coral Sea. Japanese thwarted from invading

  • Australian troops re-take Kokoda unopposed