World War II - Battle of Rabaul

Time: Friday Jan 23, 1942

Place: Rabaul, New Britain

Details: 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, on 23 January and February 1942. It was a strategically significant defeat of Allied forces by Japan.

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