Battle of Buna–Gona

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The Battle of Buna–Gona was a brutal World War II engagement in late 1942–early 1943 in Papua New Guinea, where Allied forces fought to eliminate entrenched Japanese beachheads following the Kokoda Track campaign.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Buna–Gona canonical 20
Battle of Buna 2
Buna–Gona campaign 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
associatedWith Allied air support from Fifth Air Force ⓘ
South West Pacific Area command ⓘ
belligerent Allied forces ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

United States ⓘ
campaign Papuan campaign ⓘ
linked to: New Guinea campaign
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
characteristic entrenched Japanese defensive positions ⓘ
high casualties ⓘ
jungle warfare ⓘ
commander Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
Hatazō Adachi ⓘ
Robert L. Eichelberger NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas Blamey ⓘ
Yasuo Yamagata ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
endDate 1943-01-22 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Wau ⓘ
fortifications bunkers ⓘ
log-and-earth pillboxes ⓘ
front New Guinea front ⓘ
linked to: New Guinea campaign
involves Australian Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
location Buna ⓘ
Gona ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
Sanananda ⓘ
notableFor first major Allied offensive victory on land against Japan in the Pacific War ⓘ
objective elimination of Japanese beachheads at Buna, Gona, and Sanananda ⓘ
partOf New Guinea campaign ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
precededBy Kokoda Track campaign ⓘ
linked to: New Guinea campaign
result Allied victory ⓘ
startDate 1942-11-16 ⓘ
strategicImportance denying Japan bases threatening Port Moresby ⓘ
securing the north coast of Papua ⓘ
terrain dense tropical jungle ⓘ
swampy coastal lowlands ⓘ
theater South West Pacific Area ⓘ
timePeriod early 1943 ⓘ
late 1942 ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Guinea campaign → hasPart → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
Battle of Wau → relatedTo → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
32nd Infantry Division → engagement → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
32nd Infantry Division → engagement → Battle of Buna ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Buna–Gona
Territory of New Guinea → notableBattle → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
7th Australian Division → engagement → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
Operation Lilliput → supportedOperation → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
2/31st Battalion (Australia) → participatedIn → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
2/25th Battalion (Australia) → engagement → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
2/33rd Battalion (Australia) → campaign → Buna–Gona campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Buna–Gona
2/33rd Battalion (Australia) → engagement → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
Buna → historicalEvent → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
Gona → wasSiteOf → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
Sanananda → wasSiteOf → Battle of Buna–Gona–Sanananda ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Buna–Gona
Robert L. Eichelberger → participantIn → Buna–Gona campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Buna–Gona
Edwin F. Harding → participatedIn → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
Edwin F. Harding → replacedAsCommanderDuring → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
Australian 18th Brigade → engagedIn → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
21st Brigade (Australia) → campaign → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
25th Brigade (Australia) → engagement → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
7th Division (Australia) → notableCampaign → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
subject linked to: 7th Division
7th Division (Australia) → engagement → Battle of Buna ⓘ
subject linked to: 7th Division
linked to: Battle of Buna–Gona
7th Australian Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
subject linked to: The Silent Seventh
25th Brigade → campaign → Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ