| Pertempuran Kaiapit | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagian dari Kampanye Lembah Markham dan Ramu โ Pegunungan Finisterre, Perang Dunia II | |||||||
 Para prajurit Australia dari the 2/16th Battalion datang ke Kaiapit pada 20 September setelah wilayah tersebut direbut oleh 2/6th Independent Company | |||||||
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| Pihak terlibat | |||||||
 ย Kekaisaran Jepang | |||||||
| Tokoh dan pemimpin | |||||||
 Gordon King |
Tsuneo Yonekura ย โ | ||||||
| Kekuatan | |||||||
| 226 | 500 | ||||||
| Korban | |||||||
| >214 tewas | ||||||
Pertempuran Kaiapit adalah sebuah peristiwa yang terjadi pada 1943 di mana pasukan Australia bertarung melawan pasukan Jepang di Papua Nugini saat Kampanye Lembah Markham dan Ramu โ Pegunungan Finisterre dalam Perang Dunia II. Setelah pendaratan di di Nadzab dan Lae, Sekutu berniat untuk memanfaatkan keberhasilan mereka dengan melaju ke Lembah Markham, melalui Kaiapit.
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