Pertempuran Kaiapit

Pertempuran Kaiapit adalah sebuah peristiwa yang terjadi pada 1943 dimana pasukan Australia bertarung melawan pasukan Jepang di Papua Nugini saat Kampanye Lembah Markham dan Ramu – Pegunungan Finisterre dalam Perang Dunia II. Setelah pendaratan di di Nadzab dan Lae, Sekutu berniat untuk memanfaatkan keberhasilan mereka dengan melaju ke Lembah Markham, melalui Kaiapit.

Pertempuran Kaiapit
Bagian dari Kampanye Lembah Markham dan Ramu – Pegunungan Finisterre, Perang Dunia II
Para prajurit Australia dari the 2/16th Battalion datang ke Kaiapit pada 20 September setelah wilayah tersebut direbut oleh 2/6th Independent Company
Tanggal 19–20 September 1943 Lokasi Kaiapit, Teritorial Papua Nugini Hasil Kemenangan Sekutu
Pihak terlibat
Australia Amerika Serikat	Kekaisaran Jepang
Tokoh dan pemimpin
Gordon King	Tsuneo Yonekura  †
Kekuatan
226	500
Korban
14 tewas 23 luka-luka	>214 tewas

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