Battle of Milne Bay
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battle-of-milne-bay-164-10030860
title:
Battle of Milne Bay
text:
The Battle of Milne Bay, also known as Operation RE or the Battle of Rabi (ラビの戦い) by the Japanese, was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Japanese marines, known as Kaigun Tokubetsu Rikusentai, with two small tanks attacked the Allied airfields at Milne Bay that had been established on the eastern tip of New Guinea. Due to poor intelligence work, the Japanese miscalculated the size of the predominantly Australian garrison and, believing that the airfields were defended by only two
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Battle of World War II
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Milne_Bay
date created:
2003-02-05T15:58:48Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T00:16:05Z
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13
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