Scarlet Beach

As the Allies progressed up the New Guinea coast. General Adachi’s XVIII Army desperately counterattacked. To support a 20th Division thrust into the Allied perimeter around Finschhafen, Adachi dispatched barges loaded with remnants of 1st Lt. Sugino’s 10th Company and …

1943-10-17

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As the Allies progressed up the New Guinea coast. General Adachi’s XVIII Army desperately counterattacked. To support a 20th Division thrust into the Allied perimeter around Finschhafen, Adachi dispatched barges loaded with remnants of 1st Lt. Sugino’s 10th Company and picked engineers for a nighttime assault into the enemy rear. Unfortunately for Sugino, poor Japanese security had alerted beach defenses, Australian 2/28th Battalion, US engineers, and assorted Allied AA and AT batteries, to the plan. After losses to PT boats and shore gunnery, only two barges made the beach.

Song River, New Guinea

The Landing at Scarlet Beach took place in New Guinea during the Huon Peninsula campaign of the Second World War, involving forces from Australia, the United States and Japan. Allied forces landed at Scarlet Beach, north of Siki Cove and south of the Song River, to the east of Katika and about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) north of Finschhafen. The capture of Finschhafen allowed the construction of air base and naval facilities to assist Allied air and naval forces to conduct operations against Japanese bases in New Guinea and New Britain.

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