Pertempuran Cape Gloucester

Pertempuran Cape Gloucester
	Sebahagian daripada Perang Pasifik semasa Perang Dunia II
	; Anggota Marin AS mengharungi pantai sedalam tiga kaki selepas meninggalkan kapal LST menuju pantai di Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 Disember 1943.
Tarikh	26 Disember 1943 – 16 Januari 1944
Lokasi	Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Wilayah New Guinea5°27′S 148°25′E / 5.450°S 148.417°E
Keputusan	Kemenangan Pihak Berikat
Pihak yang terlibat
Amerika Syarikat; Australia	Jepun
Komandan dan pemimpin
William H. Rupertus; William J. Whaling; Julian N. Frisbie	Yasushi Sakai; Iwao Matsuda
Unit terlibat
Divisyen Marin Pertama Rejimen Marin Pertama; Rejimen Marin ke-5; Rejimen Marin ke-7; Rejimen Marin ke-11; Rejimen Marin ke-17;	Briged ke-65 Rejimen Infantri ke-53; Rejimen Infantri ke-141; Kumpulan Kapal ke-4
Kerugian dan korban
310 maut; 1,083 cedera	2,000 maut
	class=notpageimage\| Lokasi dalam Papua New Guinea Pertempuran Cape Gloucester (Pacific Ocean)

Pertempuran Cape Gloucester berlaku di perbatasan Pasifik semasa Perang Dunia II antara pasukan tentera Jepun dan Berikat di pulau New Britain, Wilayah New Guinea, antara 26 Disember 1943 sehingga 16 Januari 1944. Dengan nama kod Operasi Backhander, pendaratan pasukan AS merupakan sebahagian daripada Operasi Cartwheel yang lebih besar, di mana strategi Pihak Berikat di Kawasan Pasifik Barat Daya dan Kawasan Lautan Pasifik pada tahun 1943–1944. Ia merupakan pendaratan kedua Divisyen Pertama Marin semasa itu, selepas Guadalcanal. Objektif operasi ini adalah untuk menawan dua buah lapangan terbang Jepun yang terletak berdekatan dengan Cape Gloucester yang mana dipertahankan oleh pasukan-pasukan daripada Divisyen ke-17.

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Pautan luar sunting

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"The fighting conditions during the Cape Gloucester campaign as remembered by Marine Sidney Phillips". Diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada 10 April 2010. Dicapai pada 4 April 2010.