| Item title: | 65th Brigade combat report on Philippines operation |
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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-289 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 122 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Battle report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 19/1/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | SUICIDE, MILITARY OPERATIONS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, ARTILLERY, DISCIPLINE, MORALE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 65th Bde |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Bataan Peninsula [Philippines, Luzon] Cape Gloucester [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Cape Gloucester on 8 February 1944 during the Allied campaigns to capture New Britain. This item is a file entitled "Detailed report of combat in the vicinity of Mount Samat", covering the period 26 January to 24 February 1942, issued by 65th Brigade. This item includes an account of the conditions on both sides before the commencement of operations, a description of weather and terrain, the names of officers, daily detailed reports, a chart showing casualties and losses of equipment, maps and sketches showing positions near Mt Samat (on the Bataan Peninsula), plans to capture Mt Samat, and other commentary on operational tactics. This item also includes observations about the failure of Japanese assault tactics due to superior Allied fire power, instructions on how to carry out a "suicide assault", discipline for "idlers", and the fighting qualities of Allied troops. After the campaigns in the Philippines the 65th Brigade arrived in Rabaul on 3 December 1942. Later it was deployed to the Cape Gloucester area to fight Allied forces moving westward. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:53 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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