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Australasia 1906
Consolidation of the Dutch East Indies
Despite its small size, the Netherlands emerged from the 19th century in charge of the rich and populous Dutch East ...
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East Asia 1942
Battle of the Coral Sea
After conquering Southeast Asia, Japan moved to cut Australia's supply line to the US by completing the occupation of ...
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Australasia 1942
Battle of the Coral Sea
After conquering the East Indies, Japan shifted its focus to cutting Australia's supply line to America. In May, it ...
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Australasia 1942
Guadalcanal Campaign
The Americans had landed in Guadalcanal to prevent the construction of a strategic Japanese airbase there. The Japanese responded with ...
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East Asia 1944
Burma Offensives
Allied momentum in the Pacific was not matched in Burma, where a British attempt at reconquest had been beaten back ...
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Australasia 1944
Western New Guinea Campaign
From Pearl Harbor on, the Allied priority had been to defeat Germany, with minimal forces devoted to the Pacific. However ...
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East Asia 1944
Battle of the Philippine Sea
In the Pacific, the Americans continued their island-hopping campaign by landing on Saipan in the Marianas, intending to use it ...
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East Asia 1975
Communist Victory in Indochina
Only months after the Paris Peace Accords, Nixon became embroiled in the Watergate scandal, which ultimately ended his presidency. With ...
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Australasia 1976
Indonesian invasion of East Timor
In 1974 Portugal's staunchly colonialist dictatorship was overthrown, encouraging the Portuguese colony on Timor to declare independence as East ...
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Australasia 1985
Breaking with Britain
As late as 1941, British dominance in Australasia and the South Pacific was unchallenged. By the 1970s this era was ...
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Australasia 1990
Bougainville Conflict
When Papua New Guinea (PNG) gained independence from Australia in 1975, the island of Bougainville - geographically part of the Solomons ...
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Australasia 2003
Policing the Southwest Pacific
In 1998 Papua New Guinea requested that Australia and New Zealand supervise the peace process in Bougainville, part of a ...
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Australasia 2018
Australasia Today
Since 2003 Australasia has seen continued political stability, with no significant military events occurring after the 2006 Fijian coup. The ...