| Item title: | Notes and charts on invasion manoeuvres |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/15) 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 5/15 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-168 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 30 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Administrative document, Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 12/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, MILITARY EXERCISES, MILITARY OPERATIONS, MILITARY TRAINING |
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| Names: | SAKURADA Takeshi, Shipping Group Cdr |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Mindanao [Philippines] Australia |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Hollandia (Jayapura) on 21 May 1944 during the Allied attacks on Japanese positions in northern Dutch New Guinea, which were intended to isolate the 18th Army at Wewak. This item is an extract from a booklet entitled "Notes on Officers' manoeuvres under command of Shipping Group (Heidan) Commander", issued by Shipping Group Commander SAKURADA Takeshi, on 25 July 1943. This document is a plan for a hypothetical tactical invasion manoeuvre, with Mindanao arbitrarily selected as "M" Island. The results of this exercise were expected to revolutionise the landing operations employed by the Japanese Army. As part of the hypothetical exercise, "M" Island was relocated off the coast of northern Australia. From here, a successful invasion would allow the Japanese to then plan a "large-scale invasion operation against the AUSTRALIAN Area from the early part of August". Although the plan is detailed, it is unlikely that the exercise was part of any serious attempt to countenance an invasion of the Australian mainland. At this stage of the war the Japanese Army and Navy had neither the capacity or inclination to undertake such an ambitious endeavour. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:52 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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