Battle of Milne Bay

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Milne Bay was a World War II campaign in Papua New Guinea where Allied forces, primarily Australian troops, achieved the first decisive land defeat of Japanese forces in the Pacific War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Milne Bay canonical	6
Battle of Milne Bay (elements)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
airSupport	Allied air superiority ⓘ
belligerent	Australia ⓘ Japan ⓘ Papua New Guinean labour units ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
campaign	New Guinea campaign ⓘ surface form: Papua campaign
casualties	heavy Japanese casualties ⓘ significant Australian casualties ⓘ
combatantStrength	several thousand Allied troops ⓘ several thousand Japanese troops ⓘ
commander	Cyril Clowes ⓘ Tomitarō Horii NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamada Kiyomi ⓘ
conflict	Pacific War ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ Japan ⓘ
date	August–September 1942 ⓘ
endDate	1942-09-07 ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
followedBy	continued New Guinea campaign operations ⓘ
forceType	primarily Australian ground forces ⓘ
front	New Guinea front ⓘ
historicalSignificance	demonstrated vulnerability of Japanese land forces to well-prepared Allied defenses ⓘ
involvedUnit	Australian 18th Brigade ⓘ Australian 7th Brigade ⓘ Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces ⓘ
location	Milne Bay Province ⓘ surface form: Milne Bay Papua New Guinea ⓘ
notableFor	first decisive land defeat of Japanese forces in the Pacific War ⓘ
objective	capture of Allied airfields at Milne Bay ⓘ secure base for further Japanese operations in Papua ⓘ
partOf	New Guinea campaign ⓘ
precededBy	Japanese landings at Milne Bay ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea New Guinea campaign ⓘ surface form: Kokoda Track campaign
result	Allied victory ⓘ
startDate	1942-08-25 ⓘ
strategicConsequence	boosted Allied morale in Pacific War ⓘ halted Japanese attempt to seize Milne Bay airfields ⓘ
supportedBy	Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
tactics	amphibious assault by Japanese forces ⓘ defensive operations by entrenched Allied forces ⓘ
theatre	Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: South West Pacific theatre of World War II

Referenced by (7)

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

Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces → notableEngagement → Battle of Milne Bay ⓘ

New Guinea campaign → hasPart → Battle of Milne Bay ⓘ

Australian 9th Division → engagement → Battle of Milne Bay ⓘ

Damien Parer → coveredBattle → Battle of Milne Bay ⓘ

7th Australian Division → engagement → Battle of Milne Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Milne Bay (elements)

No. 76 Squadron RAAF → notableBattle → Battle of Milne Bay ⓘ

26th Brigade → notableEngagement → Battle of Milne Bay ⓘ