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Created by Tom Horn on 30 Jul 2010, Last Update on 30 Jul 2010
Kokoda airstrip falls - 29 Jul 1942
At 2am Japanese troops attack and overrun Australian 39th Battalion troops defending the airfield. Although only 77 Australians defended the airfield, the Japanese believed they had defeated a force more than 1,200 strong.
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Tags : Japan,Australia,Papua New Guinea,Land,Pacific,Combat
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