1945 New Guinea Rescue
The History Guy is borderline too cheerful, but the intro is over in a few seconds and then you get right into the story, and quite a story it is.
New Guinea & New Britain Click the link to see the map and read the labels on the placemarks. |
The whole WW2 New Guinea campaign was kind of weird. There were a whole bunch of battles fought there, but they were just so we could build up enough clout so that we could attack the ginormous Japanese base at Rabaul on the neighboring island of New Britain, and then we didn't. By the time we had enough clout in the area we were able to blockade Rabaul, which made attacking it superfluous.
Three volcanoes are simultaneously erupting on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Two, on opposite ends of the island, are indicated by red markers. The third is marked by the stream of ash flying south. |
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