Hollandia operation

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The Hollandia operation was a major World War II Allied amphibious assault in Dutch New Guinea aimed at seizing Japanese-held airfields and establishing a strategic base for further advances in the Southwest Pacific.

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instanceOf World War II battle
amphibious assault
military operation
airfieldCaptured Cyclops airfield
Hollandia airfield complex
Sentani airfield
alsoKnownAs Operation Reckless
belligerent Allied forces
Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Navy
casualtiesSide heavy Japanese casualties
relatively light Allied casualties
codename Reckless
commander Douglas MacArthur
George C. Kenney
Walter Krueger
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Australia
Japan
United States
currentLocation Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia
linked to: Jayapura
dateEnd 1944-04-27
dateStart 1944-04-22
followedBy Aitape–Wewak campaign
front South West Pacific Area
involvedUnit Royal Australian Air Force units
U.S. 24th Infantry Division
U.S. 41st Infantry Division
U.S. I Corps
location Dutch New Guinea
Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea
linked to: Hollandia
objective cut off Japanese forces in the Huon Peninsula and Wewak areas
establish a strategic base for further Allied advances in the South West Pacific
seize Japanese-held airfields at Hollandia
operationType airborne assault support
amphibious landing
partOf Pacific War
South West Pacific theatre of World War II
precededBy Huon Peninsula campaign
region New Guinea
result Allied victory
strategicSignificance bypassed and isolated large Japanese garrisons in New Guinea
secured advanced air bases for operations toward the Philippines
supportedBy Allied air power
Allied naval forces
tactic combined arms amphibious assault
leapfrogging Japanese strongholds
theatreCommander Douglas MacArthur
year 1944

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Alamo Force notableOperation Hollandia operation