Kiriwina island / Markham Valley / Nassau Bay / Geelvink Bay / Woodlark island / Philippine Islands / Bismarck Sea / Bulolo Valley / Huon Peninsula / Huon Gulf / /
Organization
Engineer Special Brigade / Allied / U.S. Army Center of Military History / Allied Air Forces and U.S. Fifth Air Force / Japanese Army Air Force / U.S. Sixth Army / Amphibious Force / Army / Imperial Navy / Fourth Air Army / Alamo Force / Federal Government / United States Army / U.S. Army / United States Navy / Eighth Area Army / Eighteenth Army / /
Person
GORDON R. SULLIVAN / Edward J. Drea / Hitoshi Imamura / Walter Krueger / Hatazo Adachi / Daniel E. Barbey / Thomas Blamey / Arthur S. Carpender / George C. Kenney / Douglas MacArthur / William F. Halsey / Jr. / /
Position
General / Chief / Commander in Chief / South Pacific Area / Lt. Gen. / SWPA General / commander / aggressive assistant / Admiral / air chief / Lt. Gen. / air chief / MacArthur’s air chief / /
ProvinceOrState
Papua / Bougainville / /
Region
South Pacific / North Africa / southern Philippines / Southwest / /
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. W