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Manokwari (134.070E
0.861S) was a small port
on the
Vogelkop Peninsula of western New
Guinea. Occupied by the Japanese
on 12 April 1942, it was bypassed by the Allies with the capture
of Sansapor on 30 July 1944,
isolating
the bulk of 35 Division which had
moved to
the area in preparation for a counterattack against Biak that was later cancelled. In
early
July 35 Division
attempted to
retire to Sorong, leaving behind a small
garrison (1 Independent Brigade
and 28 Special Base Force).
A number of the retiring troops were intercepted and annihilated
east
of Sansapor by 6
Division in late
August. Japanese
casualties included 318
killed
and 215 captured,
the
latter mostly Formosans.
Hundreds
more starved or succumbed to illness as they were forced to move
through rugged country to the south.
References
Morison (1953)
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