FOLDER FORM
FOLDER FORM
| Folder title: | Eastern New Guinea army operations in the South East Area |
| Title (romaji) | Nantô higashi Nyûginia Rikugun sakusen shiryô |
| Title (kanji) |  |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | National Institute for Defense Studies (Tokyo) |
| AJRP series: | Army campaign reports and records |
| AJRP sub-series: | South East Area army operations |
Location details | |
| Institution: | National Institute for Defense Studies (Tokyo) |
| Call number: | Nantô higashi Nyûginia 1-346 |
| Inst. series: | Jinchû nisshi-sentô shôhô nado |
| Inst. sub-series: | Nantô Rikugun shiryô |
| Item: | |
Folder qualities | |
| Quantity: | Approx. 283 items |
| Access: | Open |
| Folder type: | Unpublished, Official |
Folder content | |
| Creation date range (m/y): | ?/1942 to ?/1949 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, OFFICIAL DIARIES, OPERATIONS REPORTS, MILITARY OPERATIONS, MILITARY ORDERS |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | |
| Japanese unit names: | South Seas Force 18th Army |
| Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Area: | Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands) Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] |
| Content: | These records consist of battle reports, operations records, orders and memoirs from Japanese army campaigns in eastern New Guinea and Papua. They either survived the post-war campaign of destruction of official documents or were compiled in the immediate post-war period by the Japanese Demobilisation Ministry. They include maps, war diaries, operations reports, memoirs and official documentation for army campaigns in Papua and New Guinea. Examples of items are war diaries for the 34th Line of Communication Unit in Wewak, and operations reports from battles in Buna and Giruwa. |
Other information | |
| Notes: | Thanks go to Professor HARA Takeshi for his assistance in the compilation of this record. |
| Last modified: | 02/09/2005 12:45:57 PM |
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