Rabaul was supposed to be a shield. After Japan captured the port in early 1942, it transformed the area into one of the most important bases in the South Pacific. Airfields, harbor facilities, ...

The improvised strategy that led to Rabaul being bypassed, rather than assaulted as Washington (and MacArthur) had wanted (from a distance) in 1942 has, since then, been presented as an exemplar of a ...

There is much to Rabaul that will leave you in a state of slack-jawed wonder. Situated on verdant New Britain Island in Papua New Guinea, Rabaul is synonymous with powerful forces. It has been defined ...

LYNN HAVEN — Bruce Gamble, a disabled U.S. military veteran and author, has spent the last several years researching and writing about Rabaul, a stronghold for the Imperial Japanese during World War ...

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Before Milne Bay and Kokoda in Australia's military history there was Rabaul. Most Australians these days know only vaguely where Rabaul even is. Fewer know what happened there 65 years ago this week.