Ioribaiwa / Darwin / Wanigela / New / Port Moresby / Kokoda / /
Company
Malay Barrier / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Myanmar / Solomon Islands / Northern Ireland / New Zealand / Guinea / Japan / Christmas Island / United States / Australia / Philippines / Singapore / Ireland / /
Event
Person Communication and Meetings / /
Facility
Kokoda-Buna Trail / U.S. Army Center of Military History / Kokoda Trail / Pearl Harbor / SWPA headquarters / /
Canton Island / Owen Stanley Mountains / Indies / Cape Nelson / Santa Cruz Islands / Fiji Islands / Midway Island / Coral Sea / Milne Bay / Goodenough Island / Indian Ocean / /
Organization
41st Infantry Division / Fifth Air Force / U.S. Army Center of Military History / Japanese Navy / Army / Milne Force / Navy / 6th Australian Infantry Division / Imperial Japanese Army / 7th Australian Infantry Division / Imperial Japanese Navy / South Pacific Area / United States Army / U.S. Army / Named Milne Force / United States Navy / 18th Australian Infantry Brigade / British Commonwealth / Australian battalion / /
Person
Herbert F. Leary / Robert L. Eichelberger / Franklin D. Roosevelt / Charles R. Anderson / Douglas MacArthur / Edwin F. Harding / Thomas A. Blamey / Bora Bora / Charles A. Willoughby / Franklin Boggs / George H. Brett / Tomitaro Horii / /
Position
Major General / commander / Maj. Gen. / President / Brig. Gen. / General / P. W. Stone Secretary / Lt. Gen. / intelligence chief / battalion commander / commander / /
ProvinceOrState
Papua / Hawaii / Milne Bay / /
Region
Indian Ocean / Middle East / the Netherlands East Indies / /
1 Introduction World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind. However, the half century that now separates us from that conflict has exacted its toll on our collective knowledge