Western New Guinea campaign

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Western New Guinea campaign
Part of Netherlands New Guinea
Result	Allied victory

Belligerents  United States
 Australia
 Netherlands
 United Kingdom  JapanStrength Unknown UnknownCasualties and losses 1,922+ killed or missing 8,000+ wounded 42,000+ dead and nearly 1,000 POWs

The Western New Guinea campaign was a series of actions in the

continued until the end of the war.

Major battles and sub-campaigns

• Landing at Aitape
• Battle of Hollandia
• Battle of Wakde
• Battle of Lone Tree Hill
• Battle of Morotai
• Battle of Biak
• Battle of Noemfoor
• Battle of Driniumor River
• Battle of Sansapor
• Aitape-Wewak campaign

See also

• Operation Semut
• Operation Agas
• Naval Base Borneo
• US Naval Advance Bases
• List of Royal Australian Navy bases

Bibliography

• OCLC 7185705
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• Long, Gavin (1963). The Final Campaigns. Australia in the War of 1939–1945, Series 1 – Army, Volume VII. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australian War Memorial.
  OCLC 1297619
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• ISBN 978-0-25207-038-9
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• Smith, Robert Ross (1996). The Approach to the Philippines. Washington D.C.: Center of Military History, U.S. Army.
  LCCN 53060474
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External links

• Agreement Establishing the Melanesian Spearhead Group Archived 3 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
• Melanesian Spearhead Group Trade Agreement.
• MSG: trading on political capital and Melanesian solidarity, Pacific Institute of Public Policy, Briefing Paper 02, July 2008.
• The Renaissance of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, The New Pacific Diplomacy 2015