The roles of the major players in the Kokoda campaign and the defense of New Guinea? (1 Viewer)

SaraJayne

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Hi!

Would any of you lovely people be able to help me answer this question for my year 10 history class?

"Identify and explain the roles of the major players in the Kokoda campaign and the defence of Papua New Guinea. (think generals and armies and heroes)"

Thank You! Xx
 

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Re: The roles of the major players in the Kokoda campaign and the defense of New Guin

This might be a bit late, but, oh well.

I must admit that I do not know much about this. There is a good doco DVD to watch, and it used to be on iView, called 'Kokoda' based on the book by Paul Ham. Have a watch of that, as it covers your research question very well.

From what I can remember, the major players that you should mention are--
39th Battalion/Marouba Froce
General Thomas Blamey
7th Division of the 2nd AIF
Douglas Marcarthur
John Curtin
Battles of Buna and Gona
the Battle of Guadalcanal
Tomitaro Horii
fuzzy-wuzzy angels (the New Guineans that got wounded Australian soldiers back to medical aid stations)
Bruce Kingsbury VC
 

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