Word: biak
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mainly by General Kenney's Fifth Air Force, there was no air resistance. Bare of fighting forces, since the local Japanese commander expected to be attacked at Wewak, Hollandia proved to be a giveaway. Counterattacking Jap forces at Aitape were slaughtered, and MacArthur pushed west to Wakde and Biak...
...Biak was no giveaway. Intelligence had placed the island's defenders at 2,000; there were actually 10,000, including crack veterans of the China campaign. Ably led and zealously fanatic, they fought for a month before they were subdued. In the meantime, MacArthur pushed on to Noem-foor and by July 31 was perched on the New Guinea bird's head at Sansapor about 600 miles from Mindanao. There Author Morison leaves him to backtrack to Admiral Spruance, "Operation Forager," and the Marianas...