Finschhafen is a town 80 kilometers (50 mi) east of Lae on the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. The town is commonly misspelt as...

The Battle of Finschhafen was part of the Huon Peninsula campaign in New Guinea during World War II and was fought between Australian and Japanese forces...

Finschhafen is a district on the north-east coast of the Morobe province of Papua New Guinea. It is named after the port town of the same name, Finschhafen...

Finschhafen Airport is a general aviation airport in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. (IATA: FIN, ICAO: AYFI). It is located on the south-east tip of...

aimed at capturing Finschhafen. Following the landing at Scarlet Beach, the Allies set about moving south to secure Finschhafen, which saw fighting around...

Naval Base Finschhafen was a United States Navy base built during World War II at Finschhafen on the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea...

east of Katika and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Finschhafen. The capture of Finschhafen allowed the construction of air base and naval facilities...

Finschhafen Urban LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. 83. Finschhafen Urban "Census Figures by Wards - Momase...

`Samoa' explores New Guinea under Deutsche Neuguinea-Kompagnie and selects Finschhafen as the best site for company settlement. The same year, Northeast New...

amphibious assault on Finschhafen. Here, the offensive bogged down, partly because MacArthur had based his decision to assault Finschhafen on Willoughby's assessment...

ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146–165 dead. 2021 – The Burmese military...

March 1944 Landing at Scarlet Beach, September–October 1943 Battle of Finschhafen, September–October 1943 Battle of Sattelberg, November 1943 Battle of...

Dumpu 22 September—4 October Australian forces defeat Japan Battle of Finschhafen 22 September—24 October Australia and the U.S. defeat Japan Battle of...

Sir Zibang Zurenuoc KBE (born September 1927 at Sattleberg, Finschhafen; died 5 February 2008 in Port Moresby) was a Papua New Guinean businessman and...

harbour south of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. During World War II, Dreger Harbour was used by Allied forces after the capture of Finschhafen in October 1943...

Base Milne Bay, for the New Guinea campaign through the development of Finschhafen as an advanced base after that area was secured in the Huon Peninsula...

000 ft) above sea level, approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) inland from Finschhafen, New Guinea. Following the Australian landing at Scarlet Beach a large...

combined operations force. The first mission, in September 1943, was at Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea. Later operations were at Gasmata, Arawe, Cape Gloucester...

German New Guinea before World War I Status Colony of Germany Capital Finschhafen (1884–1891) Madang (1891–1899) Herbertshöhe (1899–1910) Simpsonhafen...

avoid capture. His subsequent observations as far along the coast as Finschhafen served to guide U.S. bombing raids on Japanese positions. Merire was...

their first opposed amphibious landing since Gallipoli at the Battle of Finschhafen in New Guinea. The landing was hampered by navigational errors and troops...

wider Huon Peninsula campaign. Following Lae's capture, the Battle of Finschhafen commenced with a relatively swift control of objectives, with subsequent...

Events January 5 Asian and Pacific Hermann Detzner surrenders at the Finschhafen District of New Guinea. January 10 Middle Eastern Fakhri Pasha surrenders...

Gloucester) Finschhafen Morobe AYFI FIN Finschhafen Airport 06°37.43′S 147°51.19′E / 6.62383°S 147.85317°E / -6.62383; 147.85317 (Finschhafen) Gasmata...

Beach (Operation Diminish), 22 September – 2 October 1943 Battle of Finschhafen, 22 September – 24 October 1943 Battle of Sattelberg, 17–25 November...

Range campaign, and on the Huon peninsula, assisting in the capture of Finschhafen and Sattelberg, and pursuing the Japanese as they retreated along the...

Goilala Central Ferguson Esa'ala District Milne Bay Finschhafen Finschhafen District Morobe Gagidu Finschhafen District Morobe Gapun   Gasmata Kandrian-Gloucester...

(22 September 1943 – 1 March 1944) Battle of Scarlet Beach Battle of Finschhafen Battle of Sattelberg Battle of Jivevaneng Battle of Wareo Battle of Sio...

aboard when the ship departed San Francisco on August 21, 1944, for Finschhafen, arriving September 24, and then arriving at Hollandia in New Guinea...

until February. Air operations in this period could be mounted from Finschhafen, but after February the climate there was expected to restrict air operations...