With the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM) the Allies tried to limit the advance of Japan. ABDACOM did not have enough troops or supplies to carry out the mission. The northern parts of New Guinea was captured by Japan.[4][5] The US Naval built bases for troops, ships, submarines, PT boats, seaplanes, supply depots, training camps, fleet recreation facilities, and ship repair depots. To keep supplies following the bases were supplied by the vast II United States Merchant Navy. Some of the bases were shared with the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force. By spring 1943, the build up of the US Navy to support the Pacific War had caused overcrowding at the ports on the east coast of Australia. To help the US Navy Seabees departed Naval Base Brisbane on 19 June 1943 to set up a new base in Milne Bay. The Naval Base Milne Bay was a new major United States Navy sea and airbase base built on Milne Bay in Milne Bay Province in south-eastern Papua New Guinea. New Guinea is a tropical rainforest island near the equator. Troops had to battle heavy rains and tropical diseases. After the war in 1945, the New Guinea bases closed.[6][7]
Japan built a large base at Rabaul on the island of New Britain with 110,000 Japanese troops. Rabaul was invasion bypassed in the island hoping Pacific war efforts. Rabaul was attacked by air and had its supply lines cut off by sea, called Operation Cartwheel, making the neutralisation of Rabaul.[8][9][10]
As in other theaters of war Japan's treatment of POWs and civilians was very poor. Many were exhausted from hunger and disease. Many deaths were caused by the diversion of food, such as rice, to Japanese troops from the New Guinea population. Some were turned into Japan's forced labourers, called romusha. [11][12]International Red Cross packages were not distributed to POWs.[13][14] In the New Guinea there were both massacres and executions of POWs:[15][16]
At the Tol Plantation massacre 160 Australian were executed and at nearby Waitavalo Plantation, another group of eleven Australian prisoners were shot.[17][18][19]
On the Japanese destroyer Akikaze on 18 March 1943 German residents from Wewak, New Guinea were executed. About thirty German residents, including German clergymen, nuns with two children were taken after Japan suspected a radio transmitter at Wewak was reporting ship movements to the Americans.[20]
The Japanese Lieutenant Hisata Tomiyasu found guilty of killing 14 Indian soldiers and of cannibalism at Wewak in 1944. A common activity in New Guinea.[24][25]
GalleryEdit
Pacific War Theater Areas map 1942
Map of New Guinea, with place names as used in English in the 1940s
Map New Britain Island, to the northeast of New Guinea Island
1943 Backhander Staging Area in New Britain and New Guinea
^"Building the Navy's Bases, vol. 2 (part III, chapter 26)". US Navy.
^Klemen, L (1999–2000). "General Sir Archibald Percival Wavell". Dutch East Indies Campaign website.
^Roberts, Andrew (2009). Masters and Commanders: The Military Geniuses Who Led the West to Victory in World War II (1 ed.). London: Penguin Books. pp. 66–68. ISBN978-0-141-02926-9 – via Archive Foundation.
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US Naval Base New Guinea was number of United States Navy bases on the island of New Guinea then divided into Dutch New Guinea the Territory of New Guinea and the Territory of Papua during World War II Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939 being a self governing nation within the British Empire The United States formally entered the war on 7 December 1941 following the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan Following the attack on Pearl Harbor Japan quickly took over much of the South Pacific Ocean The United States lost key naval bases in the South Pacific including Naval Base Manila and Naval Base Subic Bay both lost in the 1941 42 invasion of the Philippines Also lost were Naval Base Guam and Wake Atoll As such the United States Armed Forces needed new bases in the South West Pacific for staging attacks on Japan s southern empire The United States built bases first in Australia then in New Guinea 1 2 3 US Naval Base New GuineaNew Guinea located in relation to Melanesia and the South PacificNew Guinea IslandGeographyLocationOceania Melanesia Coordinates5 30 S 141 00 E 5 500 S 141 000 E 5 500 141 000 Naval Base Milne Bay Seabees Advance Base Construction camp on 10 October 1944PT boat at Milne Bay Kana Kopa Base with the USS Tulsa in 1943Map of the 1942 American British Dutch Australian Command Contents 1 History 2 Major bases in New Guinea 3 Minor bases in New Guinea 4 POWs 5 Gallery 6 See also 7 External links 8 ReferencesHistory EditSee also New Guinea campaign and South West Pacific theatre of World War II With the American British Dutch Australian Command ABDACOM the Allies tried to limit the advance of Japan ABDACOM did not have enough troops or supplies to carry out the mission The northern parts of New Guinea was captured by Japan 4 5 The US Naval built bases for troops ships submarines PT boats seaplanes supply depots training camps fleet recreation facilities and ship repair depots To keep supplies following the bases were supplied by the vast II United States Merchant Navy Some of the bases were shared with the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force By spring 1943 the build up of the US Navy to support the Pacific War had caused overcrowding at the ports on the east coast of Australia To help the US Navy Seabees departed Naval Base Brisbane on 19 June 1943 to set up a new base in Milne Bay The Naval Base Milne Bay was a new major United States Navy sea and airbase base built on Milne Bay in Milne Bay Province in south eastern Papua New Guinea New Guinea is a tropical rainforest island near the equator Troops had to battle heavy rains and tropical diseases After the war in 1945 the New Guinea bases closed 6 7 Japan built a large base at Rabaul on the island of New Britain with 110 000 Japanese troops Rabaul was invasion bypassed in the island hoping Pacific war efforts Rabaul was attacked by air and had its supply lines cut off by sea called Operation Cartwheel making the neutralisation of Rabaul 8 9 10 Major bases in New Guinea EditNaval Base Milne Bay Fleet Pos Office 167 codename Edur Kana Kopa PT Boat Base FPO 714 Milne Bay Submarine Base Gilli Gilli Base FPO 717 Swinger Bay Alotau Base FPO 818 Hilimoi Bay hospital FPO 817 Naval Base Port Moresby FPO 162 Naval Base Finschhafen FPO 722 code codename Urom at Dreger Harbour Naval Base Hollandia FPO 3115 Naval Base Madang FPO 928 Naval Base Woodlark Island FPO 528 Naval Base Merauke Naval Base Biak Island to support Mokmer Airfield FPO 3505 Naval Base Manus in the Admiralty Islands just north of New Guinea including Seeadler HarborMinor bases in New Guinea Edit nbsp Map of New Guinea just south of Micronesia shown in dark magenta Naval Base Lae Naval Base Mios Woendi Naval Base Fegrusson on Fegrusson Island FPO 523 Naval Base Samarai Island on Samarai Islands FPO 421 Naval Base Goodenough Island on Goodenough Island FPO 724 Naval Base Aitape at Aitape FPO 927 Naval Base Wewak at Wewak FPO 3074 Naval Base Saidor at Saidor FPO 3086 Naval Base Sungum FPO 3088 Naval Base Japen Island on Japen Island Naval Base Vogelkop on Vogelkop Island Naval Base Cape Sansapor FPO 3151 Naval Base Kornasoren FPO 3155 and Naval Base Kamirion FPO 3265 on Noemfoor Island in support of Kornasoren Airfields Naval Base in Tufi PT boat base Naval Base at Gasmata Fleet Post Office 723 Naval Base Wakde Island on Wakde Island in support of Wakde Airfield FPO 3415 Naval Base Noemfoor Buna Papua New Guinea Advanced Base airfield PT boat base Battle of Buna Gona Base on Sasavele Island FPO 529 part of the Landings on Rendova Base at Mohile FPO 806 Naval Base Ondonga FPO 626 at Ondonga Airfield Naval Base Cape Gloucester New Britain FPO 721 Naval Base Talasea at Talasea New Britain FPO 941 Naval Base Hoskins at Hoskins Airport New Britain FPO 942 Naval Base Rabaul at Rabaul New Britain FPO 3068 Naval Base Nantambu at Nantambu New Britain FPO 3422 Naval Base Green Islands at Green Islands after battle PT boat base Naval Base Emirau in Homestead Lagoon on Emirau Island New Britain PT Boat base Naval Base Kiriwina at Kiriwina Island PT boat base and support of Kiriwina Airfield Naval Base Rein Bay PT boat base at 5 33 58 S 149 11 46 E 5 566 S 149 196 E 5 566 149 196 Naval Base Amsterdam Island at Amsterdam Island also called Mios Su Fergusson Island PT Boat BasePOWs EditFurther information Japanese war crimes As in other theaters of war Japan s treatment of POWs and civilians was very poor Many were exhausted from hunger and disease Many deaths were caused by the diversion of food such as rice to Japanese troops from the New Guinea population Some were turned into Japan s forced labourers called romusha 11 12 International Red Cross packages were not distributed to POWs 13 14 In the New Guinea there were both massacres and executions of POWs 15 16 At the Tol Plantation massacre 160 Australian were executed and at nearby Waitavalo Plantation another group of eleven Australian prisoners were shot 17 18 19 On the Japanese destroyer Akikaze on 18 March 1943 German residents from Wewak New Guinea were executed About thirty German residents including German clergymen nuns with two children were taken after Japan suspected a radio transmitter at Wewak was reporting ship movements to the Americans 20 Australian POW Sgt Leonard Siffleet captured in New Guinea was beheaded in 1943 21 22 Spencer Walklate an Australian Army POW and Eagleton POW were tortured and murdered on Muschu Island a Schouten Islands 23 The Japanese Lieutenant Hisata Tomiyasu found guilty of killing 14 Indian soldiers and of cannibalism at Wewak in 1944 A common activity in New Guinea 24 25 Gallery Edit nbsp Pacific War Theater Areas map 1942 nbsp Map of New Guinea with place names as used in English in the 1940s nbsp Map New Britain Island to the northeast of New Guinea Island nbsp 1943 Backhander Staging Area in New Britain and New Guinea nbsp Location of Naval Base Milne Bay nbsp Milne Bay with key locations nbsp MV Anshun lying on her side at Gili Gili Dock in Milne Bay New Guinea 1942 nbsp Camp Seabee Naval Base Brisbane base building trips nbsp Gurney Airfield in 1944 nbsp US Army LLU s 47 General Hospital Milne Bay nbsp Surgical ward treatment at the 268th Station Hospital Base A Milne Bay Left to right Sgt Lawrence McKr nbsp Auxiliary floating drydock ARD built by the Pacific Bridge Company nbsp USS PT 105 nbsp Milne Bay s Turnbull grave in 1943 nbsp An Australian P 40 at Milne Bay nbsp An Australian Bofors 40 mm anti aircraft gun of the 2 9th Light Anti Aircraft Battery at Milne Bay No 1 Airstrip nbsp Australian USA camp at Milne Bay nbsp MV Anshun lying on her side at Gili Gili Dock in Milne Bay New Guinea 1942 nbsp USS Fulton was stationed at the Milne Bay to service submarines nbsp South Pacific islands in 1945See also EditNaval Base Borneo Axis naval activity in Australian waters US Naval Advance Bases List of Royal Australian Navy basesExternal links Edityoutube World War 2 Defence of AustraliaReferences Edit Navy corporateName Royal Australian USN Submarines Based in Brisbane during World War II www navy gov au Pacific Wrecks Milne Bay pacificwrecks com Building the Navy s Bases vol 2 part III chapter 26 US Navy Klemen L 1999 2000 General Sir Archibald Percival Wavell Dutch East Indies Campaign website Roberts Andrew 2009 Masters and Commanders The Military Geniuses Who Led the West to Victory in World War II 1 ed London Penguin Books pp 66 68 ISBN 978 0 141 02926 9 via Archive Foundation US Navy Bases of World War II Potshot Memorial Monument Australia monumentaustralia org au The Gibraltar of the Pacific US Navy Rabaul New BritainUS Navy Rabaulpacificwrecks com Mizuma 2013 pp 49 68harvnb error no target CITEREFMizuma2013 help Pramoedya Ananta Toer 1998 pp 157 158 harvtxt error no target CITEREFPramoedya Ananta Toer1998 help quoted in Vickers 2013 p 85 harvtxt error no target CITEREFVickers2013 help Marcel Junod International Red Cross Researching Japanese War Crimes January 28 2015 National Archives An account of the Japanese occupation of Banjumascornell edu Japanese Occupation of the Dutch East Indies and the Colijn Sisters 7 6 2017 by Mei Mei Chun Moy Wigmore 1957 pp 668 669 sfn error no target CITEREFWigmore1957 help Queensland Ex POW Reparation Committee 1990 pp 70 74 sfn error no target CITEREFQueensland Ex POW Reparation Committee1990 help Foreign News Death Time 3 February 1947 Archived from the original on 3 February 2011 Retrieved 20 April 2013 The Australian War Crimes Trials and Investigations 1942 51 p 51 by DC Sissons AWM Collection Record 101099 Archived 12 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine at Australian War Memorial Retrieved on 25 April 2009 Sergeant Leonard George Len Siffleet Timeline at Australian War Memorial Retrieved on 25 April 2009 Spencer Walklate tortured murdered lost in the mud but never forgotten By Daniel Lanesmh com au Dark Stories of Japanese Cannibalism in World War Two By Jhemmylrut Teng medium com Papua New Guinea War 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