Slopes of Hell

The 2/16th Battalion (Australian 21st Brigade) had fallen back from Templeton's Crossing and finally reached the positions of the battered 2/14th Battalion, which in turn dropped back to the mountain village of Myola. Meanwhile, the Koiwai Battalion (Japanese 41st infantry …

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The 2/16th Battalion (Australian 21st Brigade) had fallen back from Templeton's Crossing and finally reached the positions of the battered 2/14th Battalion, which in turn dropped back to the mountain village of Myola. Meanwhile, the Koiwai Battalion (Japanese 41st infantry Regiment) began a flanking maneuver up the steeply sloped terrain in the afternoon and fell suddenly upon the Australians as they were huddled at their cooking fires. The twilight combat lasted until torrents of cold rain swept in. Aftermath: Overnight, the 2/16th secretly withdrew back toward Myola.

Kokoda Trail, New Guinea

The Kokoda Track campaign or Kokoda Trail campaign was part of the Pacific War of World War II. The campaign consisted of a series of battles fought between July and November 1942 in what was then the Australian Territory of Papua. It was primarily a land battle, between the Japanese South Seas Detachment under Major General Tomitarō Horii and Australian and Papuan land forces under command of New Guinea Force. The Japanese objective was to seize Port Moresby by an overland advance from the north coast, following the Kokoda Track over the mountains of the Owen Stanley Range, as part of a strategy to isolate Australia from the United States.

Wikipedia: Kokoda Track campaign

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