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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