Battle of Cape Gloucester
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The Battle of Cape Gloucester was fought in the Pacific theater of World War II between Japanese and Allied forces on the island of New Britain, Territory of New Guinea, between 26 December 1943 and 1
US Marines hit three feet of rough water as they leave their LST to take the beach at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 December 1943.
A pre-landing airstrike on Cape Gloucester airfield
Guns from USS Phoenix join the pre-invasion bombardment.
US Marines push back a Japanese counterattack at Cape Gloucester.
New Britain
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New Britain is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea and from New Ire
Battle of Cape Gloucester
…The Battle of Cape Gloucester was fought in the Pacific theater of World War II between Japanese and Allied forces on the island of New Britain, Territory of New Guinea, between 26 December 1943 and 16 January 1944. Codenamed Operation Backhander, the US landing formed part of the wider Operation…
New Britain from space, June 2005. Clearly visible are ash plumes from Langila and Ulawun volcanoes
Ulawun Volcano and Lolobau Island
Native recruits during drill in German New Guinea, 1910
Two photographs of native New British Islanders, 1944