Table of Data Points

Australians troops land and create a small perimeter. Failure to bring heavy weapons and support elements ashore after a number of landing craft ran aground. Japanese responded quickly, surrounded the beachhead and forced the Australians to withdraw.

759 Japanese troops are killed during the capture of Wakde island by US troops from the 163rd Regimental Combat Team of the 41st Infantry Division (supported by naval task force 77). 40 American troops are killed during the operation.

Japanese troops launch a counter offensive on US troops defending Hill 700, Cannon Hill, and Hill 260. The counterattack was defeated with heavy losses for the Japanese army. The Japanese withdrew into the interior, north and south ends of the island.

Seventy B-25s and A-20s attack Japanese positions in the Hansa Bay area.

The second amphibious landing of the U.S. 1st Marine Division, after Guadalcanal. The marines captured and expanded the Japanese military airfield at Cape Gloucester, further isolating the Japanese base at Rabaul.