Pertempuran Buna–Gona

Pertempuran Buna–Gona
	Bagian dari Teater Pasifik pada Perang Dunia II
	; Seorang prajurit Australia, Private George "Dick" Whittington, ditolong oleh seorang Papua yang bernama Raphael Oimbari, di dekat Buna pada 25 Desember 1942. Whittington meninggal karena Februari 1943 karena efek tipus scrub. (Gambar diambil oleh George Silk, AWM104028)
Tanggal	16 November 1942 – 22 Januari 1943
Lokasi	Nugini; Koordinat: 8°39′S 148°22′E / 8.650°S 148.367°E
Hasil	Kemenangan Sekutu
Pihak terlibat
Australia; Amerika Serikat	Kekaisaran Jepang
Tokoh dan pemimpin
Edmund Herring; George Vasey; Edwin F. Harding; Robert L. Eichelberger	Yosuke Yokoyama; Yoshitatsu Yasuda; dari 6 Desember:; Tsuyuo Yamagata
Kekuatan
20,000+	6,500+
Korban
1,991 tewas,; 14,400+ luka-luka atau sakit	7,000 tewas,; 1,200 luka-luka (dievakuasi),; 250+ ditangkap

Pertempuran Buna–Gona adalah bagian dari kampanye Nugini di Teater Pasifik pada Perang Dunia II. Pertempuran tersebut menyusul kampanye Kokoda Track dan berlangsung dari 16 November 1942 sampai 22 Januari 1943. Pertempuran tersebut dilakukan oleh pasukan Australia dan pasukan Amerika Serikat melawan pasukan Jepang di Buna, Sanananda dan Gona. Dari sana, Jepang meluncurkan serangan ke Port Moresby.

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^ Nomor referensi koleksi Australian War Memorial (AWM).
^ Lilhat Ordo pertempuran untuk lebih jelasnya.
^ Korban tewas meliputi 1,204 tentara Australia dan 671 tentara AS yang tewas terbunuh dalam aksi atau meninggal karena luka-luka. Sakit karena terserang penyakit tropis menimpa 50 persen dari pasukan Sekutu. Korbannya meliputi sekitar 8,000 tentara Amerika yang dievakuasi karena sakit namun tidak meliputi tentara Australian yang dievakuasi karena sakit.
^ 4,000 dikubur oleh Sekutu. Lihat Jumlah tentara Jepang yang tewas untuk lebih jelasnya.

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[1] Nomor referensi koleksi Australian War Memorial (AWM).

[2] Lilhat Ordo pertempuran untuk lebih jelasnya.

[3] Korban tewas meliputi 1,204 tentara Australia dan 671 tentara AS yang tewas terbunuh dalam aksi atau meninggal karena luka-luka. Sakit karena terserang penyakit tropis menimpa 50 persen dari pasukan Sekutu. Korbannya meliputi sekitar 8,000 tentara Amerika yang dievakuasi karena sakit namun tidak meliputi tentara Australian yang dievakuasi karena sakit.

[4] 4,000 dikubur oleh Sekutu. Lihat Jumlah tentara Jepang yang tewas untuk lebih jelasnya.

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