(nbigpigeon.us webpage WW II - Japan > South & SW Pacific, updated by RAC 8 Sep 2020. Not quite complete.
Major US land combat in the South and Southwest Pacific Theaters began in August 1942 with the US Marine Corps invasion of Guadalcanal and ended with the US Army's September 1944 invasion of Morotai 2,300 miles to the northwest.
Major US land combat in the South and Southwest Pacific Theaters began in August 1942 with the US Marine Corps invasion of Guadalcanal and ended with the US Army's September 1944 invasion of Morotai 2,300 miles to the northwest.
Links to subordinate webpages:
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I view WW II US ground operations in the South and Southwest Pacific as consisting of two phases.
1 - The Eastern New Guinea and Solomons Areas - through March 1944
Until April 1944, ground combat in the South and Southwest Pacific Theaters was confined to the areas shown on the accompanying map, namely:
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2 - Western New Guinea - April to September 1944
In early 1944, Marine Corps forces in the South Pacific were withdrawn for use in the Central Pacific campaign, which had begun in November 1943 at Tarawa. General Douglas MacArthur's Army forces on New Guinea and his supporting navy fleet were now sufficiently resourced to allow a rapid advance across the north coast of western New Guinea and on to the East Indies island of Morotai in preparation for the pending liberation of the Philippines. |
Sources for the South/Southwest Pacific webpage:
- The 1942 - 1944 US Path Across the Southwest Pacific map is taken from google.com.
- The The New Guinea Area - WW II map is courtesy of pinterest.com.