Kokoda Campaign Timeline
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Updated: 23 May 2021
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The War in the Pacific startsJapanese land at Gona in Papua New Guinea - Kokoda Campaign startsPort Morseby is garrisonedThe fall of SingaporeThe Japanese attack towards Kokoda forcing Australian forces to withdraw back to the village of KokodaJapanese land at Milne BayJapanese attack IsuravaJapanese at Milne Bay are defeatedThe Village of Kokoda is liberated by the AlliesKokoda Campaign endsThe Australians set up in IsuravaThe Pacific War endsThe Japanese attack Kokoda - Australian 39th battalion forced to withdraw to DenikiAustralian 21st infantry brigade arrives in Port Moresby - 14th and 16th battalions are sent up the Kokoda trackPeriods
The Japanese capture Isurava - Over the next several weeks the Australians conduct a fighting retreat back down the Kokoda Trail but crucially delaying the Japanese advanceAustralians begin their counter-offensive - Japanese begin a fighting withdrawl through the Kokoda Trail along the Owen Stanley RangesThe 39th battalion retakes Kokoda but can only hold it for 2 days before retreating to Isurava
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