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Title
Rabaul Rousers
Description
The Australian men of Lt. W. G. Grant’s platoon of Coy. A, 2/22 Bn. were the forward elements defending the beachhead on the northern slopes of Mt. Vulcan. Grant's view across Simpson Bay showed the city of Rabaul and its …
Publisher
Date
1942-01-23
Scenario#
M1
Scenario Description
The Australian men of Lt. W. G. Grant’s platoon of Coy. A, 2/22 Bn. were the forward elements defending the beachhead on the northern slopes of Mt. Vulcan. Grant's view across Simpson Bay showed the city of Rabaul and its well sheltered harbor. At 0200 Hours on January 23, the Japanese of 9th Company, Kuwada Unit disgorged from their assault barges into the face of Lt. Grant’s prepared defenses. Frontal attacks on the dug-in Aussies proved fruitless and the invading Japanese were forced to try and flank the defenders by advancing through the gully infested slopes of Mt. Vulcan.
Location
Rabaul, New Britain, New Guinea
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Rabaul, also known by the Japanese as Operation R, was fought on the island of New Britain in the Australian Territory of New Guinea, in January and February 1942. It was a strategically significant defeat of Allied forces by Japan in the Pacific campaign of World War II, with the Japanese invasion force quickly overwhelming the small Australian garrison, the majority of which was either killed or captured. Hostilities on the neighboring island of New Ireland are also usually considered to be part of the same battle. Rabaul was significant because of its proximity to the Japanese territory of the Caroline Islands, site of a major Imperial Japanese Navy base on Truk.
Narrative Source
Combatants
Japanese
Australia

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