Rabaul

E71865

former provincial capital settlement town

Rabaul is a town on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea that served as a major Japanese naval and air base during World War II and was heavily targeted by Allied operations.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Rabaul canonical	30
Rabaul harbour	1
Rabaul isolated	1
Rabaul town	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former provincial capital ⓘ settlement ⓘ town ⓘ
bypassedIn	Allied island-hopping strategy ⓘ
capturedBy	Japanese forces ⓘ
captureYear	1942 ⓘ
controlledBy	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
country	Papua New Guinea ⓘ
economyIncludes	cocoa production ⓘ copra production ⓘ tourism ⓘ
formerNameOf	Kokopo-Rabaul urban area ⓘ
hasClimate	tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
hasType	volcanic harbor ⓘ
knownFor	large natural harbor ⓘ volcanic caldera setting ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Kuanua ⓘ Tok Pisin ⓘ
locatedIn	Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ East New Britain Province ⓘ New Britain ⓘ southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean
locatedOn	Blanche Bay ⓘ
militaryCampaign	Allied air offensive against Rabaul ⓘ
near	Tavurvur ⓘ surface form: Tavurvur volcano Vulcan volcano ⓘ
notableFor	Japanese wartime tunnels and bunkers ⓘ World War II historical sites ⓘ
partOf	East New Britain Province ⓘ surface form: East New Britain District Garua Harbour volcanic complex ⓘ surface form: Rabaul Caldera
replacedBy	Kokopo ⓘ
significantPeriod	World War II ⓘ
strategicRole	key Japanese stronghold in South Pacific ⓘ logistics hub for Japanese operations in New Guinea and Solomon Islands ⓘ
sufferedEvent	1937 volcanic eruption ⓘ 1994 volcanic eruption ⓘ World War II bombing ⓘ surface form: World War II bombing raids
surroundedBy	fortified defenses during World War II ⓘ
targetedBy	Allied forces ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ United States Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: United States military
timezone	UTC+10 ⓘ
usedBy	Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
was	major Japanese air base ⓘ major Japanese naval base ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	East New Britain Province ⓘ
wasCapitalUntil	1994 ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

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

Operation Cartwheel → target → Rabaul ⓘ

Invasion of Rabaul → place → Rabaul ⓘ

New Britain → hasCity → Rabaul ⓘ

Cartwheel → target → Rabaul ⓘ

Tokyo Express supply run → baseOfOperations → Rabaul ⓘ

New Britain campaign → result → Rabaul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabaul isolated

German New Guinea → capital → Rabaul ⓘ

German New Guinea → majorPort → Rabaul ⓘ

Hatazō Adachi → deathPlace → Rabaul ⓘ

Hatazō Adachi → burialPlace → Rabaul ⓘ

Lark Force → locationDeployed → Rabaul ⓘ

Territory of New Guinea → capital → Rabaul ⓘ

Island-hopping campaign in the Pacific → bypassedLocation → Rabaul ⓘ

John Scanlan → placeOfActivity → Rabaul ⓘ

Japanese 8th Fleet → headquartersLocation → Rabaul ⓘ

East New Britain Province → formerCapital → Rabaul ⓘ

East New Britain Province → hasMajorTown → Rabaul ⓘ

Battle of the Bismarck Sea → convoyOrigin → Rabaul ⓘ

Islands Region of Papua New Guinea → formerRegionalCenter → Rabaul ⓘ

Islands Region of Papua New Guinea → hasMajorTown → Rabaul ⓘ

Tavurvur → locatedNear → Rabaul ⓘ

Tavurvur → affects → Rabaul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabaul town

Tavurvur → affects → Rabaul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabaul harbour

Kokopo → locatedNear → Rabaul ⓘ

Tolai people → majorTown → Rabaul ⓘ

Duke of York Islands → nearbyCity → Rabaul ⓘ

Vulcan volcano → locatedNear → Rabaul ⓘ

Vulcan volcano → riskTo → Rabaul ⓘ

Vulcan volcano → nearbySettlement → Rabaul ⓘ

Bismarck Archipelago campaign → location → Rabaul ⓘ

Blanche Bay → locatedNear → Rabaul ⓘ

Blanche Bay → nearSettlement → Rabaul ⓘ

Allied nickname for Japanese high-speed runs from bases such as Rabaul → baseOfOperations → Rabaul ⓘ

subject surface form: Tokyo Express