Arawe landings

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The Arawe landings were a World War II amphibious assault by Allied forces on the southern coast of New Britain in December 1943, conducted to secure a foothold and divert Japanese attention from larger operations in the region.

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Arawe landings canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
amphibious assault ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
belligerent Allied forces ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
campaign New Guinea campaign ⓘ
combatant Australia ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
United States ⓘ
commander Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
Julian W. Cunningham ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Territory of New Guinea ⓘ
date 1943-12-15 ⓘ
endDate 1944-01 ⓘ
force 112th Cavalry Regimental Combat Team ⓘ
Alamo Force ⓘ
US Navy amphibious forces ⓘ
linked to: United States Navy

US Sixth Army ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Sixth Army
front New Guinea and New Britain front ⓘ
location Arawe ⓘ
New Britain ⓘ
southern coast of New Britain ⓘ
notableFeature conducted in jungle and coastal terrain ⓘ
use of small-scale diversionary landing ⓘ
objective divert Japanese attention from Cape Gloucester landings ⓘ
secure a foothold on southern New Britain ⓘ
support Operation Cartwheel ⓘ
opposedBy Japanese garrison on New Britain ⓘ
opposingCommander Hitoshi Imamura ⓘ
Jinichi Kusaka ⓘ
partOf New Britain campaign ⓘ
Operation Cartwheel ⓘ
South West Pacific theatre of World War II ⓘ
relatedOperation Battle of Cape Gloucester ⓘ
Landing at Cape Merkus ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
startDate 1943-12-15 ⓘ
status completed ⓘ
strategicPurpose diversion for Cape Gloucester landings ⓘ
support advance toward Rabaul ⓘ
tactic air support ⓘ
amphibious landing ⓘ
preliminary naval bombardment ⓘ
theatre South West Pacific ⓘ

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Landing at Arawe → alsoKnownAs → Arawe landings ⓘ