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The Huon Peninsula campaign was a series of battles in the New Guinea campaign
New Guinea campaign

The New Guinea campaign was one of the major military campaigns of World War II. The island of New Guinea was split between the Australian League of Nations Mandate Territory of New Guinea , the Territory of Papua , and Dutch New Guinea....
 of World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. Australian forces assaulted Japanese
Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan was a Japanese political entity that existed during the period from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until its defeat in World War II in 1945....
 bases on the Huon Peninsula
Huon Peninsula

Huon Peninsula is a large peninsula in Morobe Province, eastern Papua New Guinea, at . It is named after France explorer Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec....
.

The campaign began with an amphibious landing at Scarlet Beach, near Finschhafen
Finschhafen

Finschhafen is a district on the northeast coast of the Morobe of Papua New Guinea. It is named after the port of the same name.The port was discovered in 1884 by the Germany researcher Otto Finsch....
 on 22 September 1943. It included the battles of Finschhafen and Sattelberg. It concluded with the capture of the village of Sio
Sio, Papua New Guinea

Sio is a town on the north coast of Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea....
 on 15 January 1944.

The Japanese 20th Division faced the Australian 9th Division
Australian 9th Division

The 9th Division of the Australian Army was formed to serve in World War II, as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force . The division was raised from regular army units and volunteer infantry brigades, from October 1940 onwards....
 during the campaign.






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The Huon Peninsula campaign was a series of battles in the New Guinea campaign
New Guinea campaign

The New Guinea campaign was one of the major military campaigns of World War II. The island of New Guinea was split between the Australian League of Nations Mandate Territory of New Guinea , the Territory of Papua , and Dutch New Guinea....
 of World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. Australian forces assaulted Japanese
Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan was a Japanese political entity that existed during the period from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until its defeat in World War II in 1945....
 bases on the Huon Peninsula
Huon Peninsula

Huon Peninsula is a large peninsula in Morobe Province, eastern Papua New Guinea, at . It is named after France explorer Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec....
.

The campaign began with an amphibious landing at Scarlet Beach, near Finschhafen
Finschhafen

Finschhafen is a district on the northeast coast of the Morobe of Papua New Guinea. It is named after the port of the same name.The port was discovered in 1884 by the Germany researcher Otto Finsch....
 on 22 September 1943. It included the battles of Finschhafen and Sattelberg. It concluded with the capture of the village of Sio
Sio, Papua New Guinea

Sio is a town on the north coast of Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea....
 on 15 January 1944.

The Japanese 20th Division faced the Australian 9th Division
Australian 9th Division

The 9th Division of the Australian Army was formed to serve in World War II, as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force . The division was raised from regular army units and volunteer infantry brigades, from October 1940 onwards....
 during the campaign. The Japanese lost almost two thirds of their original 12,600 personnel (killed, wounded or ill), while the Australians lost 1,028 soldiers.