Sanananda is a village on the coast of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Sanananda was occupied by the Imperial Japanese in 1942 during World War II and became a heavily fortified defensive area. It was liberated by the Australian Army and US Army on 18 January 1943 during the Battle of Buna-Gona.

Like Buna and Gona, the first two enclaves to fall, Sanananda was the scene of fierce and costly fighting. The 16th Australian Brigade made the first attempt. Suffering heavy casualties and widespread illness they made little headway.

It followed the conclusion of the Kokoda Track campaign and lasted from 16 November 1942 until 22 January 1943. The battle was conducted by Australian and United States forces against the Japanese beachheads at Buna, Sanananda and Gona.

Around 80 years ago Japanese forces withdrew across the Owen Stanley Ranges to their three well defended beachheads at Buna, Gona, and Sanananda in Papua, following their defeat by Australian forces at Kokoda (2 November 1942) and Oivi-Gorari (11 November 1942).1 The Allied (Australian and U.S.) victory at the Battle of Sanananda Road followed ...

Sanananda Point, half way between Buna and Gona on the northern Papuan coast, was an uninviting desolate area. However, it formed the centre of the main Japanese defensive position in the final battles of the Papuan campaign. The Japanese commander concentrated most of his force in this area and took personal command here.

From mid-November 1942 to the end of January 1943 the Australians and the Americans reduced the Japanese base in the Gona-Buna-Sanananda area. Called the Battle of Buna-Gona this three month struggle had the characteristics of a siege...

2022年7月20日 · After savage fighting at close quarters, Gona fell in mid-December, Buna in early January 1943, and Sanananda before the end of the month. These final battles in Papua came at a high price; they were among Australia’s toughest fights of the war. Although starving and facing certain defeat, the Japanese refused to surrender.

科科达小径战役（Kokoda Track campaign），是 第二次世界大战 太平洋战争 的一次战役，发生于1942年7月至11月，在 澳大利亚 属地 巴布亚新几内亚 的科科达小径（Kokoda Track）沿线，由日军发起，与澳大利亚军进行了一系列战役。 科科达小径是一条长达一百公里的小径，由面对 珊瑚海 的 莫尔兹比港 近郊出发，穿越 欧文·斯坦利岭 到科科达（Kokoda），由科科达俯控珊瑚海沿岸低地。 如果当时日军由此通道占领莫尔兹比港，建立起足够海空武力的话可以打击通往 澳 …

2024年11月1日 · With the Australian troops crossing of the Kumusi River in mid-November 1942, after pushing the Japanese back along the Kokoda Track to the north coast of Papua New Guinea, the time had come to face the entrenched Japanese at their beachhead at Gona, Buna and Sanananda.

Sanananda. The 16th Brigade, under Brigadier Lloyd approached Sanananda which was the main Japanese base. It was later estimated that 5300 Japanese were deployed in front of Sanananda at the commencement of the coastal fighting. On 20 November, the Australian advance came under heavy artillery fire, lost heavily and was stopped. The following ...