The Two Battles of Buna: General Robert Eichelberger and the first American ground victory of WWII
- Episode aired Jul 5, 2021
John McManus returns to WW2TV to talk about the battles at Buna-Gona part of the New Guinea campaign that followed the conclusion of the Kokoda Track campaign and lasted from 16 November 194... Read allJohn McManus returns to WW2TV to talk about the battles at Buna-Gona part of the New Guinea campaign that followed the conclusion of the Kokoda Track campaign and lasted from 16 November 1942 until 22 January 1943. The battle was fought by Australian and United States forces agai... Read allJohn McManus returns to WW2TV to talk about the battles at Buna-Gona part of the New Guinea campaign that followed the conclusion of the Kokoda Track campaign and lasted from 16 November 1942 until 22 January 1943. The battle was fought by Australian and United States forces against the Japanese beachheads at Buna, Sanananda and Gona. From these, the Japanese had laun... Read all