Australasia 1944: Western New Guinea Campaign
17 June 1944
17 Jun 1944
Western New Guinea Campaign
8 Dec 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor
23 Jan 1942 Japan Comes South
19 Feb 1942 Bombing of Darwin
8 May 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea
6 Sep 1942 Kokoda Trail
15 Nov 1942 Guadalcanal Campaign
14 Jan 1943 Battle of Timor
15 Dec 1943 Operation Cartwheel
17 Jun 1944 Western New Guinea Campaign
6 Aug 1945 End of the Pacific War
From Pearl Harbor on, the Allied priority had been to defeat Germany, with minimal forces devoted to the Pacific. However American naval supremacy after Midway and Guadalcanal, along with a successful submarine campaign to cut supplies, meant that they could now isolate and bypass most of the Japanese garrisons, fighting only where they chose to as they moved along the northern coast of New Guinea towards the Philippines.
