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75th anniversary: World War II: Australian troops advanced along the northern part of...

Fri, January 17, 2020

7 yr ago

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In 1945, World War II: Australian troops advanced along the northern part of Bougainville Island (in present-day Papua New Guinea) and began fighting Japanese forces in the Battle of Tsimba Ridge.

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