Pada tanggal 25 Desember 1942, di dekat Buna, petugas medis Papua, Raphael Oimbari, membantu prajurit Australia, George "Dick" Whittington, yang meninggal karena tifus semak pada Februari 1943. (Foto oleh George Silk, AWM014028)[Note 1]
Pertempuran Buna–Gona merupakan bagian dari kampanye Nugini di teater Pasifik selama Perang Dunia II. Pertempuran ini berlangsung setelah berakhirnya kampanye KokodaTrack dan berlangsung dari 16 November 1942 hingga 22 Januari 1943. Pertempuran ini melibatkan pasukan Australia dan Amerika Serikat melawan tumpuan pantaiJepang di Buna, Sanananda, dan Gona. Dari sana, pasukan Jepang melancarkan serangan darat ke Port Moresby. Mengingat perkembangan dalam kampanye Kepulauan Solomon, pasukan Jepang yang mendekati Port Moresby diperintahkan untuk mundur dan mengamankan pangkalan-pangkalan di pantai utara. Pasukan Australia tetap menjaga kontak saat pasukan Jepang melakukan aksi pertahanan belakang yang terorganisir dengan baik. Tujuan Sekutu adalah mengusir pasukan Jepang dari posisi-posisi ini dan mencegah mereka pangkalan-pangkalan tersebut lebih lanjut. Pasukan Jepang terampil, siap siaga, dan teguh dalam pertahanan mereka. Mereka telah mengembangkan jaringan pertahanan yang kuat dan tersembunyi dengan baik.
↑Ini adalah jumlah pasukan yang efektif dalam pertempuran. Kekuatan total awalnya diperkirakan sekitar 9.000–10.000 orang.
↑Korban jiwa termasuk 1.204 warga Australia dan 671 warga AS yang tewas dalam pertempuran atau meninggal karena luka-luka. Penyakit akibat tertular penyakit tropis melebihi 50 persen dari pasukan Sekutu. Angka ini termasuk hampir 8.000 warga Amerika yang dievakuasi karena sakit, tetapi tidak termasuk pasukan Australia yang dievakuasi karena sakit.
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