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

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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

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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