1943 ⟶ Japanese Land More Troops at Lae, New Guinea
Japanese land more troops at Lae, New Guinea.Year
1941
1942
1943
1944
🇭🇰 Japanese Troops Land on Hong Kong Island

Hong KongJapanese InvasionPacific TheaterBritish ColonyMilitary CampaignAsiaOccupation
🏝️ Japanese Troops Land in the Solomon Islands
Japanese land troops in the Solomon Islands, underscoring Australia's dangerous situation, especially if, as it is soon made clear, an airfield is built on Guadalcanal.⟶

Pacific TheaterSolomon IslandsAustraliaJapanese ExpansionGuadalcanalMilitary StrategyInvasionAirfield
🏝️ Japanese Reinforcements to New Guinea; US Stymied at Buna
Japanese send reinforcements into New Guinea; Americans are stymied at Buna.⟶
New GuineaPacific TheaterBunaJapanese ArmyUS ArmyJungle WarfareReinforcementsWarfareJapanUS
🌴 Japanese Resistance Continues in New Guinea
Japanese are still resisting on New Guinea.⟶

New GuineaJapanWorld War IIPacific Theaterresistancemilitary campaignjungle warfareongoing conflict