List of wars involving Papua New Guinea

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This is a list of wars involving Papua New Guinea, German New Guinea or Territory of New Guinea.

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Battle of Bita Paka (11 September 1914)
Raising the Australian flag in Angoram, 16 December 1914. ANMEF flag raising.jpg
Raising the Australian flag in Angoram, 16 December 1914.
Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Defeat
30 Melanese police killed, 10 wounded
Australian occupation of German New Guinea (SeptemberNovember 1914)
Australian Fleet entering Simpson Harbour in 1914. Aust fleet Rabaul (AWM J03326).jpg
Australian Fleet entering Simpson Harbour in 1914.
Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Defeat
85 killed and 15 wounded
mother Guinea Campaign (19421945)
Australian forces attack Japanese positions near Buna. Australian infantry and armour at Buna (AWM 014008).jpg
Australian forces attack Japanese positions near Buna.
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Imperial Japan Victory
42,000 total [1]
Coconut War (AugustSeptember 1980)Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Flag of Vemerana.svg Nagriamel rebelsVictory
?
Bougainville Civil War (19881998)
Ambulances in Arawa, 1998 destroyed in conflict. AMBULA~1.jpg
Ambulances in Arawa, 1998 destroyed in conflict.
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
  • Buka Liberation Front
  • Bougainville Resistance Force

Supported by:
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Flag of Bougainville.svg Bougainville Interim Government (BIG)

Supported by:
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (allegedly)

300+ PNGDF soldiers killed
Several thousand wounded

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References

  1. New Guinea: The US Army Campaigns of World War II. 8,500 prior to January 1943, 24,000 between January 1943 and April 1944, and 9,500 from April 1944 to the end of the war. Retrieved 23 July 2015.