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History - War List of Categories
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- What was the aim of the coastwatchers?
- Where did the coastwatchers come from?
- What sort of plane is outside the JK McCarthy Museum in Goroka?
- What was the name of first submarine to be sunk by a (Patrol Torpedo) PT boat in PNG waters during the Second World War?.
- What was the name of the boat operated by Lieutenant John F Kennedy during the Second World War.
- What was the Maroubra Force?
- When was the battle of Butchers Hill?
- What was FELO?
- What were the main methods used by FELO (Far East Liaison Office)?
- Was psychological warfare used in the Pacific during the Second World War?
- What did the FELO leaflets contain?
- Were the leaflets produced by FELO (Far East Liaison Office) only meant for the Japanese?
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- What was the aim of the coastwatchers?
Their principal role was to warn the allied forces of Japanese shipping , aircraft and troop movements during the Second World War.
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- Where did the coastwatchers come from?
A large percentage of the coastwatchers came from the Royal Australian Navy and Australian Army, but others came from the civilian populations of Papua New Ginea, the Solomons, and elsewhere, the Royal Australian Airforce, the New Zealand Navy, the British Solomons Islands Protectorate Defence Force, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, and even the Dutch Army, of course there were probably other nationalities involved as well but these are the main ones.
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- What sort of plane is outside the JK McCarthy Museum in Goroka?
I believe the plane is a P-39 Air Cobra left behind after the Second World War by the Americans.
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- What was the name of first submarine to be sunk by a (Patrol Torpedo) PT boat in PNG waters during the Second World War?.
Sorry I can not find the answer to that although the Japanese Submarine I22 sunk by PT 122 near the Kumusi River on the 23rd of December 1943 may have been the first recorded sinking.
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- What was the name of the boat operated by Lieutenant John F Kennedy during the Second World War.
Sorry I can find no record of this boat operating in PNG although it is possible. The boat was (Patrol Torpedo) PT109 and it was rammed near Gizo Island on the 2nd of August 1943 by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri. The PT boat was split in two. The Lieutenant later became the 35th president of the United States.
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- What was the Maroubra Force?
Brigadier Potts's Australian Maroubra Force, consisting of the 2/16th Battalion, together with the 2/14th, the 2/27th and the militia 39th and scattered elements of the ill - trained 53rd Battallion - outnumbered and outgunned by an estimated 5 to 1 - fought the Japanese to an eventual standstill on the ridges overlooking Port Moresby from the 26th of August to the 16th of September in 1942.
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- When was the battle of Butchers Hill?
The battle at Brigade 'Butchers' Hill was from the 6th to the 8th of September 1942
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- What was FELO?
FELO was the psychological warfare, "top secret" unit used by the Allies in the Pacific theatre of the Second World War. FELO was short for Far East Liaison Office.
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- What were the main methods used by FELO (Far East Liaison Office)?
FELO's main method of psychological warfare was to distribute leaflets to the Japanese soldiers mainly from airdrops. Other methods were the use of loud speakers during the night.
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- Was psychological warfare used in the Pacific during the Second World War?
Yes, the Far East Liaison Office (FELO) was ordained in September 1942.
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- What did the FELO leaflets contain?
Although the leaflets produced by the Far East Liaison Office (FELO) took many forms the one with perhaps the widest distribution was the "cease resistance" leaflets. The words "surrender" were never used as surrendering would have meant disgrace to the Japanese.
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- Were the leaflets produced by FELO (Far East Liaison Office) only meant for the Japanese?
No, the leaflets were also produced in Pidgin and other local languages. The cards produced for the native population always carried a "totem" of the area as well as the Australian Coat of Arms to make the leaflet look more official and hopefully to be carried to someone who could read and translate the leaflet wherever possible.
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