The Salamaua–Lae campaign was a series of actions in the New Guinea campaign of World War II. Australian and United States forces sought to capture two major Japanese bases, one in …

The invasion of Salamaua–Lae (8–13 March 1942), called Operation SR by the Japanese, was an operation by Imperial Japanese forces to occupy the Salamaua–Lae area in the Territory of …

Australian troops file past a dead Japanese soldier as they move in to occupy Lae, September 1943. The town was taken by units of the 9th Division on 16 September, less than two weeks …

The 'Campaign for Salamaua and Lae' was a series of undertakings between Allied (primarily Australian) and Japanese forces for the area round the Huon Gulf in north-eastern New …

Allied operations were launched towards Salamaua along the coast, and through the mountains from Wau, to divert Japanese attention from Lae - the Allies' main objective. The operations …

The Salamaua–Lae campaign was a series of actions in the New Guinea campaign of World War II. Australian and United States forces sought to capture two major Japanese bases, one in …

The 7th Division advanced down the Markham Valley. Its objective was to capture Lae, rather than destroy its garrison, so the Japanese escape route was not blocked. The base fell on 16 …

Today Lae is the site of the second-largest Commonwealth War Graves cemetery in Papua New Guinea. 2,359 Australians are buried there, and another 348 with no known grave are …

The attack by our carrier-borne aircraft on Japanese ships and shore establishments in the Lae-Salamaua area of New Guinea on March 10, 1942, was a one-sided victory. The apparent …

At 1.00 am on 8 March 1942, Japanese marines waded ashore at Lae in heavy rain to secure a beachhead. Further down the coast, troops of the elite South Seas Detachment landed at …