| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:battle 
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                                | gptkbp:casualties | high on both sides 
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                                | gptkbp:combatant | gptkb:Allied_forces gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
 
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                                | gptkbp:commander | gptkb:Douglas_MacArthur gptkb:Hatazō_Adachi
 
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                                | gptkbp:endDate | 1943-01-22 
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                                | gptkbp:followedBy | gptkb:Battle_of_Wau 
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                                | gptkbp:involvedIn | gptkb:Australian_Army gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
 gptkb:United_States_Army
 
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                                | gptkbp:location | gptkb:Buna,_Papua_New_Guinea gptkb:Gona,_Papua_New_Guinea
 gptkb:Sanananda,_Papua_New_Guinea
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | difficult jungle and swamp fighting heavy disease casualties
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | first major Allied victory against Japanese land forces in the Pacific 
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                                | gptkbp:objective | capture of Japanese beachheads 
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                                | gptkbp:partOf | gptkb:New_Guinea_campaign gptkb:Pacific_War
 
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                                | gptkbp:precededBy | gptkb:Kokoda_Track_campaign 
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                                | gptkbp:result | Allied victory 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | secured eastern Papua for Allies 
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                                | gptkbp:startDate | 1942-11-16 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:South_West_Pacific_Theatre 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Battle of Buna–Gona 
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