Salamaua–Lae campaign

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World War II campaign military campaign

The Salamaua–Lae campaign was a major World War II Allied offensive in New Guinea aimed at capturing the key Japanese-held bases of Salamaua and Lae to secure control of the region.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Lae	3
Invasion of Lae–Salamaua	2
Salamaua–Lae campaign canonical	2
Lae campaign	1
Lae–Salamaua campaign	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Allied forces ⓘ Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
commander	Douglas MacArthur ⓘ Hatazō Adachi ⓘ Thomas Blamey ⓘ
componentOf	Operation Cartwheel ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
consequence	Allied control of Huon Gulf ⓘ capture of Lae by Allied forces ⓘ capture of Salamaua by Allied forces ⓘ facilitated Huon Peninsula campaign ⓘ
countryInvolved	Australia ⓘ Japan ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1943-09-16 ⓘ
front	New Guinea front ⓘ
includedBattle	Battle of Lababia Ridge ⓘ Salamaua–Lae campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Lae Battle of Mubo ⓘ Battle of Nassau Bay ⓘ Battle of Salamaua ⓘ Battle of Wau ⓘ Landing at Nadzab ⓘ
involvedForce	Australian Army ⓘ Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
location	New Guinea ⓘ Territory of New Guinea ⓘ
notableFeature	combined arms coordination in difficult terrain ⓘ
objective	capture of Lae ⓘ capture of Salamaua ⓘ securing control of Huon Gulf region ⓘ
operation	Operation Postern ⓘ
partOf	New Guinea campaign ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
startDate	1943-04-22 ⓘ
strategy	advance on Salamaua to divert Japanese forces from Lae ⓘ
supportedBy	Allied air superiority ⓘ Allied naval forces ⓘ
tactic	airborne assault ⓘ amphibious landings ⓘ jungle warfare ⓘ
theatre	Pacific War ⓘ South West Pacific Area ⓘ

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Subject: Salamaua–Lae campaign
Description of subject: The Salamaua–Lae campaign was a major World War II Allied offensive in New Guinea aimed at capturing the key Japanese-held bases of Salamaua and Lae to secure control of the region.

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Guinea campaign → hasPart → Salamaua–Lae campaign ⓘ

5th Carrier Division → operationParticipatedIn → Salamaua–Lae campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of Lae–Salamaua

Shigeyoshi Inoue → operationCommanded → Salamaua–Lae campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of Lae–Salamaua

Cartwheel → componentOperation → Salamaua–Lae campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lae–Salamaua campaign

Operation Postern → alsoKnownAs → Salamaua–Lae campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lae campaign

Australian 9th Division → engagement → Salamaua–Lae campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Lae

Battle of Wau → followedBy → Salamaua–Lae campaign ⓘ

Battle of Wau → relatedTo → Salamaua–Lae campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Lae

Salamaua–Lae campaign → includedBattle → Salamaua–Lae campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Lae