The Battle of Hollandia (code-named Operation Reckless) was an engagement between Allies of World War II and Japanese forces during World War II. The...
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Hollandia Airfield Complex Battle of Hollandia, 1944 battle between American and Japanese forces during World War II Landing at Hollandia, a battle of...
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USS Hollandia (CVE-97) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after the Battle of Hollandia, a successful amphibious...
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Western New Guinea campaign (category Battles and operations of World War II involving Papua New Guinea)
at Hollandia and Aitape on 22 April 1944. Fighting in western New Guinea continued until the end of the war. Landing at Aitape Battle of Hollandia Battle...
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Seabees during the Battle of Hollandia, starting on May 9, 1944. Later Naval Base Hollandia became a supply base to support the invasion of the Philippines...
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the success of the upcoming Battle of Hollandia later in April. On 30–31 March the Fifth Air Force destroyed or heavily damaged a total of 208 Japanese...
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USS Phoenix (CL-46) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
cruisers burst in their vicinity. In the Battle of Hollandia, the start of the Western New Guinea campaign, Hollandia was next to fall to the mounting amphibious...
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Third Rate ship of the line 'Groot Hollandia' (1654)". "Dutch Second Rate ship of the line 'Liefde' (1661)". "Dutch Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Vlissingen'...
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Task Force 74 (category Indo-Pakistani war of 1971)
force made up of cruisers and destroyers operating in the South West Pacific Area, was redesignated as Task Force 74. In the Battle of Hollandia between American...
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Stoner Life from Slime Language 2, 2021 Battle of Hollandia, code name Operation Reckless, a World War II battle in northern New Guinea Reckless (surname)...
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April 22 – WWII: Battle of Hollandia: American forces disembark at Tanahmerah Bay and at Yos Sudarso Bay, near Hollandia. The landings are undertaken...
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Vice-Admiral Johan Evertsen in turn boarded the port of the Anthony Bonaventure with his Hollandia, so that four ships were now attached. In ferocious...
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USS Santa Fe (CL-60) (category World War II cruisers of the United States)
including the Battle of Hollandia. The group raided Wakde and Sawar on 21 April, including a bombardment by Santa Fe and other elements of the carrier screen...
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USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) (category World War II aircraft carriers of the United States)
as other forces landed in Humboldt Bay and Tanahmerah Bay in the Battle of Hollandia. The carriers then steamed north to hit the Carolines again; Belleau...
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April. Following the loss of Hollandia, to the east, in April 1944, the 26 miles (42 km) of coastline and surrounding area of Toem-Wakde-Sarmi was an isolated...
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26 April of the Battle of Hollandia, about 120 miles (190 km) to the east. The discovery that the airfields around Hollandia, on the Sentani plain, could...
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Walter Krueger (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
Infantry Divisions of Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger's I Corps landing at Tanahmerah and Humboldt bays near Hollandia, while the 163rd Regimental...
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northern region of present-day Papua New Guinea, but captured most of present-day Western Papua Japanese forces captured and occupied Hollandia in April 1942...
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William DeVries (category University of Utah School of Medicine alumni)
in combat on the destroyer USS Kalk (DD-611) in 1944 during the Battle of Hollandia, where he had enrolled as a naval surgeon. When his father died William...
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Netherlands Indies Civil Administration (category Aftermath of World War II in Indonesia)
detachments went ashore at Hollandia (present-day Jayapura) in Western New Guinea, during the Battle of Hollandia. NICA staff consisted of Dutch totoks, Indos...
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USS Mobile (CL-63) (category World War II cruisers of the United States)
supporting landings at Aitape, Humboldt Bay, and Tanahmerah Bay in the Battle of Hollandia. The ships then attacked Wakde Airfield and Sawar Airfield on 21...
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The Battle of the Kentish Knock (or the Battle of the Zealand Approaches) was a naval battle between the fleets of the Dutch Republic and England, fought...
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Klein Hollandia (1656 - 24 March 1672) was a Dutch warship owned by the Admiralty of Rotterdam, the military body helping governing the Dutch navy. The...
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Robert L. Eichelberger (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
troops in the bloody Battle of Buna–Gona. In 1944, he had notable victories at Hollandia and the Battle of Biak. As Commanding General of the newly formed...
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Horace H. Fuller (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
he led his division in the amphibious assaults against Hollandia and Biak Island. Elements of his division made the successful landing at Aitape and in...
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captain of low birth. Van Ghent was killed around 10 a.m. in this ship battle, and the desperate Sandwich, who couldn't board the Groot Hollandia due to...
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Clovis E. Byers (category Honorary commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
Pacific Area, and from 22 April 1944 to 30 April 1944 at Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea. As Chief of Staff, General Byers performed outstanding and meritorious...
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(Daniël Elsevier) Steenbergen 68 (Jan Paulusz van Gelder, killed in battle) Hollandia 80 (Rear Admiral Jan de Haen) Gideon 62 (Barend Hals) Provincie van...
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21st Infantry Regiment (United States) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History)
During the Battle of Hollandia, the regiment was able to advance quickly despite terrain conditions to overrun the airfields at Hollandia, which were...
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Battle of Wakde 18–21 May 1944 US Operation STRAIGHT LINE 58.2 strike Wakde, Hollandia Battle of Hollandia Operation RECKLESS 58.3 strike Hollandia,...
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