Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, July 23 – 29, 1942
- By Peter Harmsen
- 30 July, 2022
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July 23, 1942: Japanese troops move up Kokoda trail and clash with Australian forces
July 24, 1942: Lieutenant Colonel William T. Owen, commander of Australian Army’s 39th Battalion, flies to Kokoda village, New Guinea, which is in immediate danger of being overrun by the Japanese
July 25, 1942: US Admiral John S. McCain issues orders for Naval air force to take part in upcoming Solomons campaign
July 26, 1942: General Millard Harmon, center, takes tactical command of US Army forces in South Pacific
July 27, 1942: Australian troops are pushed back along New Guinea’s Kokoda trail after fighting at Oivi
July 28, 1942: Japanese Army wraps up lengthy and murderous military campaign in China’s Zhejiang province, waged in retaliation of the Doolittle Raid
July 29, 1942: US General Joseph Stilwell calls for recapture of Burma through simultaneous attacks from China and India
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