By January 1942, Rabaul was front of mind for prime minister John Curtin, who had assumed office only three months earlier. Upon the declaration of war against Japan in December 1941, the very ...

In the years before the war, Rabaul (pop. 8,000 ... They did—until January 1942, when the Japs arrived. From the Solomons, New Guinea. For 19 months, Rabaul has been the main objective of ...

But Rabaul also became one of the first of many targets ... The air campaign covered in this book prevented Japanese airpower from recovering from the 1942 battles; in the Battle of the Philippine Sea ...

The Montevideo Maru was destroyed on July 1, 1942, while transporting prisoners captured during the Battle of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital.

Their fortifications had been softened by 3,500 tons of bombs dumped on the Cape Gloucester area in almost daily raids since Dec. 1—the most sustained aerial attack of the Southwest Pacific war.

The Montevideo Maru was destroyed on July 1, 1942, while transporting prisoners captured during the Battle of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea.