Arawe

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Arawe is a coastal area on the southwest coast of New Britain in Papua New Guinea that served as an important Allied amphibious landing site during World War II.

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Arawe canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal area ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
attackedBy United States Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
belligerent Allied forces ⓘ
Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
campaign New Britain campaign ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
controlledByDuringWWII Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
coordinateSystem Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
currentCountryStatus part of independent Papua New Guinea ⓘ
dateOfEvent 15 December 1943 ⓘ
garrisonedBy Japanese forces ⓘ
hasFeature beaches suitable for amphibious landings ⓘ
coastal reefs and small offshore islets ⓘ
hasNameOrigin named after local Arawe people or language group ⓘ
historicalEra Second World War period ⓘ
linked to: World War II era
languageRegion area where Papuan and Austronesian languages are spoken ⓘ
locatedIn Melanesia ⓘ
Southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedInArchipelago Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ
locatedInOcean Bismarck Sea ⓘ
locatedInProvince West New Britain Province ⓘ
locatedInRegion Southwest coast of New Britain ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf New Britain ⓘ
militarySignificance early U.S. Army amphibious assault in New Britain campaign ⓘ
nearbyBodyOfWater Arawe Islands area ⓘ
nearbySettlement Cape Gloucester ⓘ
operation Allied landings at Arawe ⓘ
partOf Allied advance along New Guinea and New Britain ⓘ
Island of New Britain ⓘ
strategicRole diversionary landing for Cape Gloucester operations ⓘ
securing approaches along southwest New Britain coast ⓘ
theaterOfWar Pacific War ⓘ
usedAs amphibious landing site ⓘ
usedBy Allied forces ⓘ

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