Battle of Biak
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The Battle of Biak was part of the Western New Guinea campaign of World War II, fought between the United States Army and the Japanese Army from May 27 to August 17, 1944. Taking place on the island o
LVTs being unloaded at Biak
The assault on Biak, infantrymen moving up, May 1944
US infantry on Biak
A disabled Japanese tank at Biak
Biak
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Biak is the main island of Biak Archipelago located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea. Biak has many atolls, reefs, and
Battle of Biak
…campaign of World War II, fought between the United States Army and the Japanese Army from May 27 to August 17, 1944. Taking place on the island of Biak, in Geelvink Bay, in present-day Indonesia, it was part of General Douglas MacArthur's South West Pacific Area's offensive drive to clear New Guinea…
Fishing boats lined up at Kota Biak, Indonesia.
de Bruijn and his team during Operation Oaktree in Paniai
Lukas Rumkorem
Traditional Biak burial on the coast of Wari, North Biak District (1907)