Salamaua

historical town, Papua New Guinea

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In World War II: The Southwest and South Pacific, June–October 1943
…New Guinea toward Lae and Salamaua, while other Australian forces simultaneously advanced from Wau in the hinterland; and in the night of June 29–30, U.S. forces secured Nassau Bay as a base for further advances against the same positions.
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