Shaggy Ridge

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Shaggy Ridge is a steep, strategically vital mountain ridge in Papua New Guinea that was the scene of intense fighting between Allied and Japanese forces during World War II.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Shaggy Ridge canonical 2
Shaggy Ridge operations 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain ridge ⓘ
attackedBy 2nd Australian Division ⓘ
7th Australian Division ⓘ
Australian 21st Brigade ⓘ
Australian 25th Brigade ⓘ
Australian Army ⓘ
conflict New Guinea campaign ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
currentUse historical battlefield site ⓘ
trekking destination ⓘ
defendedBy Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
elevation approximately 1700 metres ⓘ
hasCharacteristic narrow ⓘ
steep ⓘ
strategically important ⓘ
hasSubfeature Green Sniper’s Pimple ⓘ
Kankiryo Saddle ⓘ
McCaughey’s Knoll ⓘ
Prothero I ⓘ
Prothero II ⓘ
linked to: Prothero I

Prothero III ⓘ
The Pimple ⓘ
locatedIn Finisterre Range ⓘ
Madang Province ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
locatedNear Faria River ⓘ
Ramu Valley ⓘ
notableFor close-quarters fighting ⓘ
heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
partOf Finisterre Mountains ⓘ
Pacific War battlefields ⓘ
linked to: Pacific War
rememberedFor Australian–Japanese engagements ⓘ
difficult mountainous terrain ⓘ
intense infantry combat ⓘ
resultOfBattle Allied victory ⓘ
strategicRole controlled access across the Finisterre Range ⓘ
dominated approaches to the Ramu Valley ⓘ
supportedBy Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
timePeriod 1943 ⓘ
1944 ⓘ
usedFor military operations ⓘ
wasSiteOf Battle of Shaggy Ridge ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Shaggy Ridge → location → Shaggy Ridge ⓘ
Battle of Shaggy Ridge → alsoKnownAs → Shaggy Ridge operations ⓘ
linked to: Shaggy Ridge