Australasia, 06 Sep 1942: Kokoda Trail
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Political map of Australia, New Zealand & the Southwest Pacific on 06 Sep 1942 (The War in the Pacific: Kokoda Trail), showing the following events: Attack on Sydney Harbour; Battle of Midway; Henderson Field; Kokoda Trail campaign; Guadalcanal Landings; Japanese offensives in Guadalcanal; Battle of the Eastern Solomons.

A u s t r a l i a(Br. dom.)

(Japanese
occupied)

New
Zealand(Br. dom.)

D u t c h E a s t I n d i e s(Jap. occ.)

Aboriginal
tribes

British

Western

Pacific

Territories

Territory of
New Guinea(Jap. occ.)

Western
Samoa(NZ mand.)

Solomon
Islands(Jap. occ.)

New
Caledonia(US occ.)

New
Hebrides(US occ.)

New South
Wales

Western
Australia

Australian
New Guinea(Aus. terr.)

South
Australia

Northern
Territory(Aus. terr.)

Port.
Timor(Jap. part. occ.)

Dutch N.G.(Neth.)

Sara
-wak(Jap. occ.)

Nauru(Jap. occ.)

Gilbert Is.(Jap. occ.)

Ellice Is.(Br.)

Union Is.(NZ terr.)

Phoenix Is.(US pres.)

Wallis &
Futuna(Free Fr.)

Norfolk I.(Aus. terr.)

Canton & Enderbury(US adm.)

Auckland Is.(NZ)

Kermadec Is.(NZ)

Chatham Is.(NZ)

Tonga
(Friendly Is.)(Br. prot.)

Lord Howe I.(NSW)

31 May–8 Jun 1942Japanese submarines
attack Sydney & Newcastle

4–7 Jun 1942US defeats
Japan at Midway

Jul 1942Japan starts building
airfield on Guadalcanal

21 Jul–16 Nov 1942Japanese and
Australians fight
over Kokoda Trail

7–8 Aug 1942Americans land
on Guadalcanal

18 Aug–10 Nov 1942Japanese attempt to
evict US from Guadalcanal

24–25 Aug 1942US repels Japanese
fleet in E. Solomons

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