bigpigeon.us webpage World Wars > WW II - Japan > Japan Lashes Out > New Guinea and the Solomons, updated by RAC 7 Oct 2020.
See the South & SW Pacific webarea for information about the Allied reconquest of this area.
The following map shows the South Pacific area sometimes known as Melanesia. This area was under Australian administration before the Japanese invasions of early 1942. Cape York, on the bottom left, is part of Australia itself.
See the South & SW Pacific webarea for information about the Allied reconquest of this area.
The following map shows the South Pacific area sometimes known as Melanesia. This area was under Australian administration before the Japanese invasions of early 1942. Cape York, on the bottom left, is part of Australia itself.
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1942 Japanese advances:
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Sources for the New Guinea & the Solomon Islands webpage:
- The New Guinea (eastern part) ... map is taken from The War At Sea 1939 - 1945, Volume 3, the Offensive by Captain S. W. Roskill.
- The Japanese Advances in Melanesia - Early 1942 map is courtesy of emersonkent.com and was found at http://www.emersonkent.com/map_archive/micronesia_melanesia_new_guinea_1942.htm.
- Most of the entries in the 1942 Japanese Advances timeline come from http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/timeline.htm.