| Item title: | Lessons from night operations |
| Title (romaji): | Yaken kôgeki ni kansuru senkun |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM 82 1/3/3) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | AWM 82 captured Japanese documents |
| AJRP sub-series: | ADVATIS material captured in the Philippines 1944-45 |
| AJRP folder: | "Lessons from the battlefield" - 1944 |
Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM 82 1/3/3 |
| Inst. series: | AWM 82 |
| Inst. sub-series: | 1/3/- ADVATIS material captured in the Philippines 1944-45 |
| Item: | 1/3/3 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 29 pages, mimeographed copy plus 4 fold out maps |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Battle report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 24/9/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, OPERATIONS REPORTS |
| Australian unit names: | |
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| Japanese unit names: | Imperial GHQ Army Division Southern Area Army GHQ |
| Names: | |
| Languages: | Japanese |
| Area: | Akyab (Sittwe) [Burma–Thailand, Burma] Torokina [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bougainville, Central Bougainville] Biak Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Wakde Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Katika [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen Area] North Mariana Islands [Central Pacific] |
| Content: | This item is part of a compilation of reports and analyses of battles titled "Lessons from the battlefield - 1944". It was issued on 24 Sep 1944 by the Imperial GHQ Army Division, and contains detailed analysis and maps of night operations carried out in Katika, Torokina, Wakde Island, Biak Island, Saipan, Tinian, Omiya Island and Akyab in Burma. It is marked top secret and was probably captured in the Philippines in late 1944 or early 1945. |
AWM 82 captured Japanese document details | |
| Title: | Lessons from night operations |
| ATIS number: | Batch 1256 B1 |
| Item status: | Original document |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Names: | |
| Names (kanji ): |  |
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| Japanese unit names: | Imperial GHQ Army Division Southern Area Army GHQ |
| Japanese unit names (romaji): | Daihon'ei Rikugunbu; Nanpôgun Sôshireibu |
| Japanese unit names (kanji) | |
| Place of acquisition: | Philippines |
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Other information | |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 10:08:08 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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