Buna

E496570

populated place settlement village

Buna is a coastal village in Papua New Guinea that was a key site of intense fighting between Allied and Japanese forces during World War II’s New Guinea campaign.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Buna area	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	populated place ⓘ settlement ⓘ village ⓘ
administrativeDivision	Oro Province local-level government area NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaign	New Guinea campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Papuan campaign ⓘ
climate	tropical ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Papua New Guinea ⓘ
currentCountryStatus	part of independent state of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
fortifications	bunkers and pillboxes in swamp and jungle terrain ⓘ
hasFeature	coastal village ⓘ
hasWarCemeteriesNearby	Allied war graves (regional) ⓘ
historicalEvent	Battle of Buna–Gona NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	key site in New Guinea campaign ⓘ major World War II battlefield ⓘ
involvedForces	Allied forces ⓘ Australian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Japanese forces NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageRegion	Papuan languages area ⓘ
locatedIn	Oro Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Buna Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Cape Endaiadere NERFINISHED ⓘ Gona NERFINISHED ⓘ Kokoda Track region NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanananda NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	New Guinea island NERFINISHED ⓘ Papuan coast NERFINISHED ⓘ northeast coast of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
nearBodyOfWater	Coral Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomon Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	first major Allied offensive victory against Japanese land forces in New Guinea area (regional context) ⓘ heavy casualties during Battle of Buna–Gona ⓘ
partOf	Territory of Papua (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	northern Papua NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance	Japanese beachhead on Papuan coast ⓘ potential base for further Japanese advance toward Port Moresby ⓘ
terrain	jungle environment ⓘ swampy coastal plain ⓘ
timeOfMajorBattle	1942 ⓘ 1943 ⓘ
usedBy	Japanese military as defensive stronghold ⓘ
visitedFor	military history tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Battle of Buna–Gona → location → Buna ⓘ

Operation Lilliput → areaOfOperations → Buna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buna area