Australian and Papuan troops advanced along the coast of the Huon Peninsula, ultimately linking up with the American forces at Saidor, inflicting heavy and disproportionate casualties on the Japanese as they went.
Australian and Papuan troops advanced along the coast of the Huon Peninsula, ultimately linking up with the American forces at Saidor. Using tactics that exploited the firepower of Australian artillery and armour, they inflicted heavy and disproportionate casualties on the Japanese as they went.