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Landing at Nadzab
The Landing at Nadzab was an airborne landing on 5 September 1943 during the New Guinea campaign of World War II in conjunction with the landing at Lae. The Nadzab action began with a parachute drop at Lae Nadzab Airport, combined with an overland force.
The parachute drop was carried out by the US Army's 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment and elements of the Australian Army's 2/4th Field Regiment into Nadzab, New Guinea in the Markham Valley, observed by General Douglas MacArthur, circling overhead in a B-17.
strategy.
- Salamaua-Lae campaign (22 April – 16 Sep 1943)
- Landing at Nassau Bay
- First Battle of Mubo
- First Battle of Bobdubi
- Battle of Lababia Ridge
- Second Battle of Bobdubi
- Second Battle of Mubo
- Battle of Roosevelt Ridge
- Battle of Mount Tambu
- Operation Postern
- Landing at Lae
- Landing at Nadzab
- Bombing of Wewak (17–21 August 1943)
- Finisterre Range campaign (1943–1944)
- Battle of