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Helicopters did not exist (as standard equipment) during WW2. War material still had to be man-handled across terrain. Laborer's were often enlisted or otherwise hired to transport war material into combat areas. Allied nations usually treated native laborers far better than Axis powers did; Axis slave-laborers often worked out of fear (forced labor) for their families or their lives.
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How long did the kokoda war last for?
Australians fighting in the New Guinea campaigns during WW2.
How long did the battle at Kokoda last for?
the kokoda battle/campaign lasted just over 9 months in 1942 - 1943
Why do people walk the kokoda track?
So that they can see the track.
What were the fighting conditions like in kokda?
The Kokoda Track Campaign was one of the Australian Army's toughest campaigns of the war. As it was in the tropical environment of Papua, malaria, dysentery, and other tropical diseases were always a risk. An estimated 4,000 soldiers of the Australian Army alone are listed as casualties from illness.
What mountain range does the kokoda track cut through?
The Owen Stanley Mountain Range .
How were soldiers in Kokoda entertained?
They were busy fighting and surviving - there was no time for entertainment.
Why the Australians were fighting in the Kokoda campaign?
To prevent the Japanese capturing Port Moresby.
What are they key events of the Kokoda campaign?
Japan sent a small force from New Guinea south from New Guinea into Papua. This was intercepted at Kokoda by an Australian battalion, which was progressively reinforces. The Japanese broke through and the Australians made a fighting withdrawal to Iorabaiwa Ridge, at which stage the Japanese ran low on food and ammunition and conducted a fighting withdrawal back up the Kokoda Track through Kokoda and back to the New Guinea north coast.
What happened when the Europeans and aboriginals where fighting?
the australian aboriginals didn't have good weapons to defeat the europeans, the australian aboriginals only have boomerangs and aeros for weapons, and the european have guns. so the europeans won the war.
How has Lionel rose changed Australia?
ha gave aboriginals a fighting chance
What were the major fighting events on the kokoda track?
The 7th Australian Division, and a Japanese force equivalent to two regiments.
Did any body help the men in kokoda trail?
The soldiers fighting against the Japanese on the Kokoda Trail were given invaluable help by the native Papua New Guineans, who were affectionately known as the "Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels".
Were any of the Australian soldiers experienced fighters on the Kokoda track?
The men of the Australian Army were veterans of fighting in the New Guinea Campaign.
Why were our soldiers on the Kokoda Track?
To stop the approaching Japanese armies, kokoda is right next to the cape york peninsula, a few hundred kilometres away, The Japanese wished to press further south past kokoda in order to capture ports and set up airbases to bombard the Australian coast and possibly support an invasion of Australia. In the end Australian soldiers were on the Kokoda Track to prevent the Japanese advance which they succeeded in doing after months of fighting
How long did the kokoda war last for?
Australians fighting in the New Guinea campaigns during WW2.
Who were the Australians fighting in the Kokoda Track campaign and why?
An Australian force was established from 6th Division to protect Port Moresby from a Japanes attempt to capture it.
Why did they call it the kokoda trail?
The Kokoda Trail or Kokoda Track gets its name from the village of Kokoda, which is at one end of the trail. Owens Corner is the town at the other end.
