<P> The Kokoda Track campaign or Kokoda Trail campaign was part of the Pacific War of World War II . The campaign consisted of a series of battles fought between July and November 1942 in what was then the Australian Territory of Papua . It was primarily a land battle , between the Japanese South Seas Detachment under Major General Tomitarō Horii and Australian and Papuan land forces . The Japanese objective was to seize Port Moresby by an overland advance from the north coast , following the Kokoda Track over the mountains of the Owen Stanley Range , as part of a strategy to isolate Australia from the United States . </P>
<P> The Kokoda Track campaign or Kokoda Trail campaign was part of the Pacific War of World War II . The campaign consisted of a series of battles fought between July and November 1942 in what was then the Australian Territory of Papua . It was primarily a land battle , between the Japanese South Seas Detachment under Major General Tomitarō Horii and Australian and Papuan land forces . The Japanese objective was to seize Port Moresby by an overland advance from the north coast , following the Kokoda Track over the mountains of the Owen Stanley Range , as part of a strategy to isolate Australia from the United States . </P>
when did the kokoda war start and end
when did the kokoda war start and end
July and November 1942
July and November 1942