The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The battle for New Britain a United States War Department production photographed by the United States Signal Corps and USAAF. Shows scenes at the 'Overpower' Task Force three staging areas including the building of the camps, jungle warfare and assault training using flame throwers and bazookas. Buffalo and Alligator amphibious tanks. Shot of General MacArthur and General Krueger. The landing at Arawae on 15 December 1943. Attacks by USAAF B-25 Mitchells and A-20 Havocs (Bostons). Task force Commander C.J. Birdseye. Christmas at the Marine staging area. Naval bombardment on the night of 25 December 1943 at Cape Gloucester. Aerial bombardment and strafing attacks prior to the landing. Marine Corps landings at Cape Gloucester 26 December 1943. Air battle over Cape Gloucester. Japanese dive bombers sink USS Brownson DD-518 on 26 December 1943.
United States First Marine Division embarking on Land Ship Tank and Landing Craft Infantry in New Guinea for landing on Cape Gloucester, New Britain. Identified personnel Lieutenant General W Krueger
On Christmas Day 1943 the American 1st Marine Division sailed from New Guinea for Cape Gloucester. At dawn on the 26 December 1943, Australian and American naval units bombarded the landing beaches;
Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawks fighters of 78 Squadron, RAAF, escorting Vultee Vengeance dive bombers from 23 and 24 Squadrons, RAAF on an attack against enemy held Gasmata airstrip and on a bridge over the
CAPE GLOUCESTER AREA, NEW BRITAIN, 1944-03-07. THE FINISHED ROAD ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN YELLOW BEACH AND CAPE GLOUCESTER, PICTURED APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH AFTER THE LANDING AT YELLOW BEACH. IT WILL C
On 22 Apr 1944 Task Force 'Reckless', assisted by aircraft of TF58 and gunfire of United States and Australian naval vessels, invaded Dutch New Guinea in an amphibious operation and began a pincers mo
In April 1944 HMAS Shropshire, as a unit of Task Force 74, took part in escorting convoys up the coast of New Guinea and the bombardment of Hollandia and after the landing at Hollandia, escorting US a
