The landings at Hollandia and Aitape were followed just four weeks later by landings at Wakde, Sarmi and Toem, to the west. After dark they turned south and finally headed for Hollandia and nearby Aitape. Very little resistance was encountered, although there were some attacks on the right flank of the advance during the afternoon. He did manage to organise the one moment of serious opposition on the western front, but by the end of the first day he had issued new orders for an overnight retreat. The Allies had very limited knowledge of the Hollandia area. On 24 April the advance resumed, and by just after noon the Americans had reached the eastern end of the lake, and captured a jetty where the main road reached the water. All Rights Reserved. Japanese resistance at Hollandia had been unexpectedly limited. On April 22, 1944, Allied forces in the Pacific made two landings at Hollandia, in Western New Guinea, as part ...PRINTED FROM OXFORD REFERENCE (www.oxfordreference.com). against the landings, but Anami permitted him to send only two infantry
Hollandia was a port on the north coast of New Guinea, part of the Dutch East Indies, and was the only anchorage between Wewak to the east, and Hollandia was situated on the east side of a headland separating Humboldt Bay to the east and Tanahmerah Bay, 25 miles to the west. Neither Kitazono nor Endo had been able to prepare a comprehensive defence plan, and in any event had neither the men nor the resources to carry it out.Operation Reckless was an unqualified success, and the loss of Hollandia made the Japanese strategic defence line at Wakde, to the west, and all Japanese positions to the east untenable. English: The Landing at Hollandia (Operation Reckless) was a battle of the Western New Guinea campaign of World War II. Allied Meanwhile patrols had discovered that the supposed
Most of the known Japanese defences were on this route, and so the original plan was for the main thrust to be made from Tanahmerah Bay. Under the terms of the licence agreement, an individual user may print out a PDF of a single entry from a reference work in OR for personal use (for details see The Battle of Hollandia (code-named Operation Reckless) was an engagement between American and Japanese forces during World War II.
Backed by a swamp just 30 yards from the shoreline, and with just one exit trail unsuitable for vehicles, Tanahmera Bay was quickly written off as a landing site; while the infantry already ashore pressed on to the Sentani plain the remainder of 24 Div was diverted to Humboldt Bay, which had by this time been secured. This attack met with limited opposition. were able to land without opposition, but found the beach to be highly unsuitable. It was MacArthur's headquarters until he officially returned to the Philippines after the invasion of Leyte. The Japanese did indeed detect this invasion fleet- they still had reconnaissance aircraft and submarines in the area - but had no idea where it was heading. At this point supply problems forced the Americans to pause while they built up some reserves of supplies. The airfields were run by the 6th Air Division of the 4th Air Army and at their peak were nearly as powerful as the airbases at Rabaul. None of the senior officers present had been in post more than a few weeks and the senior air officer had been relieved following the destruction of his air forces at the beginning of April. the north, Pancake Hill, where the Japanese had emplaced a number of The landings suffered a serious setback on the
By 27 April the airfields had all been captured, and the Hollandia task force had achieved their main objectives. The battle of Hollandia (22-27 April 1944) was part of Operation Reckless and saw the Americans leapfrog past a series of Japanese bases to capture a key position on the northern coast of New Guinea, catching the Japanese almost entirely by surprise and winning an unexpectedly easy victory. The advance resumed on 25 April and the Americans found that the Japanese had retreated. impassable to any kind of The landings at Humboldt Bay went
The battle of Aitape (22-24 April 1944) was carried out in support of the larger landings at Hollandia, and was designed to provide a shield against any possible intervention by Japanese forces further to the west at Wewak.. By the spring of 1944 it was clear that Operation Cartwheel, the series of attacks carried out to isolate Rabaul, were close to success.The Allies began to prepare for their next move, and chose to … Lacking the discipline that had kept the losses down on some of the longer jungle treks earlier in the campaign all but 500 of these men were lost before they reached relative safety. a narrow trail winding up the slope behind the beaches. The attack was carried out by General Eichelberger's I Corps, with the 24th Division and most of the 41st Division (the 163rd Infantry was detached to carry out the The Fifth Air Force raids devastated Japanese air power at Hollandia. The landings were supported by a heavy naval bombardment, which forced the Japanese away from the beaches. Surprised, badly outnumbered, demoralized, and ill equipped for battle, the Japanese fled into the jungle in hopes of reaching Sarmi, about 150 miles to the northwest. These mountains reached up to 7,000 feet, but were quite narrow. partial road from Tanahmerah Bay to Lake Sentani was nothing more than
The Battle of Lowestoft took place on 13 June [O.S. You could not be signed in, please check and try again.You could not be signed in, please check and try again. There was some opposition as they pressed forward, but by 24 April they had reached the lake and by 26 April secured the two eastern airfields. General Irving, commander of the 24th, decided to gamble on a successful air drop and limited resistance, and ordered the advance to continue.