| Item title: | Lessons from New Guinea operations July 1942 - April 1943 |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/25) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS enemy publications |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 5/25 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-285 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 32 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Information report, Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 18/1/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | MILITARY HOSPITALS, MILITARY OPERATIONS, MORALE, RECONNAISSANCE, WEAPONS, SUPPLIES AND TRANSPORT, FOOD |
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| Japanese unit names: | Independent Engineer Force |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | New Britain [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] Kokoda Track [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] Buna Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Bulu Murli in West New Britain on 4 June 1944 during the Allied campaigns to capture New Britain. This item is a manual entitled "Lessons from actual experiences in eastern New Guinea operations, July 1942 - April 1943", issued by Imperial General Headquarters, Army Section on 18 November 1943. It contains a critique of the operations of the Independent Engineer Force in the Kokoda trail and Buna areas, with suggestions for training and future operations. Subjects considered include: morale, preparations for operations, anti-aircraft measures, Allied tactics and Japanese countermeasures, organisation and employment of forces, bivouacs, marching, communication and supply, reconnaissance, transportation, weapons and equipment, sanitation, intendance and training. This item contains candid observations about the Japanese experience of operations during some of the hardest fighting of the New Guinea campaigns. It comments on failing Japanese morale, fear of automatic rifles, poor medical facilities, and other errors of judgement and strategy made on the Kokoda trail. The document also contains numerous references to Allied tactics and morale. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:20 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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