Pertempuran Buna–Gona

Pertempuran Buna–Gona adalah bagian dari kampanye Nugini di Teater Pasifik pada Perang Dunia II. Pertempuran tersebut menyusul kampanye Kokoda Track dan berlangsung dari 16 November 1942 sampai 22 Januari 1943. Pertempuran tersebut dilakukan oleh pasukan Australia dan pasukan Amerika Serikat melawan pasukan Jepang di Buna, Sanananda dan Gona. Dari sana, Jepang meluncurkan serangan ke Port Moresby.

Pertempuran Buna–Gona
Bagian dari Teater Pasifik pada Perang Dunia II
Seorang prajurit Australia, Private George "Dick" Whittington, ditolong oleh seorang Papua yang bernama Raphael Oimbari, di dekat Buna pada 25 Desember 1942. Whittington meninggal karena Februari 1943 karena efek tipus scrub. (Gambar diambil oleh George Silk, AWM104028)
Tanggal 16 November 1942 – 22 Januari 1943 Lokasi Nugini Hasil Kemenangan Sekutu
Pihak terlibat
Australia Amerika Serikat	Kekaisaran Jepang
Tokoh dan pemimpin
Edmund Herring George Vasey Edwin F. Harding Robert L. Eichelberger	Yosuke Yokoyama Yoshitatsu Yasuda dari 6 Desember: Tsuyuo Yamagata
Kekuatan
20,000+	6,500+
Korban
1,991 tewas, 14,400+ luka-luka atau sakit	7,000 tewas, 1,200 luka-luka (dievakuasi), 250+ ditangkap

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Bacaan tambahan

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