The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
New Britain. US troops disembark from landing barges in the early hours of the morning, in one of the most daring assaults yet undertaken in the Pacific, on the southern coast near Arawe. Japanese defenders were completely routed and the entire Arawe Peninsula and two nearby islands were seized and completely captured within three hours. Allied casualties were extremely light despite dive-bombing attacks by the enemy against our landing craft. The Allied assault punched a 200-mile bulge in the offensive arc under the command of General MacArthur.
New Britain. Landing craft approach the inhospitable shores near Arawe, where American troops forced a landing at drawn in one of the most daring amphibious assaults yet undertaken in this area. Compl
New Britain. December 1943. US soldiers aboard landing craft prepare for disembarkation as they approach the inhospitable shores near Arawe, where American troops forced a landing at dawn in one of th
New Britain. Landing craft approach the inhospitable shores near Arawe, where American troops forced a landing at dawn in one of the most daring amphibious assaults yet undertaken in this area. Comple
New Britain. Gunners stand to their posts as the American landing barges approach the coral shores near Arawe in one of the most daring amphibious assaults yet undertaken in this area.
New Britain. Gunners stand to their posts as the American landing barges approach the coral shores near Arawe in one of the most daring amphibious assaults yet undertaken in this area.
New Britain. As Allied landing craft approach the southern coast near Arawe at dawn, American troops scan the shores in an endeavour to locate enemy strongpoints. Our air assaults against enemy positi
