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    Rabaul (/rɑːˈbaʊl/) is a township in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Britain. It lies about 600 kilometres to the...
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    The Rabaul caldera, or Rabaul Volcano, is a large volcano on the tip of the Gazelle Peninsula in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, and derives its name...
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    The Battle of Rabaul, also known by the Japanese as Operation R, an instigating action of the New Guinea campaign, was fought on the island of New Britain...
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    The neutralisation of Rabaul was an Allied campaign to render useless the Imperial Japanese base at Rabaul in eastern New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Japanese...
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  • island of New Pomerania (now New Britain) Battle of Rabaul (1942) Bombing of Rabaul (1942) Bombing of Rabaul (November 1943) New Britain campaign (1943–45)...
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    Rabaul Airport, also called Tokua Airport, (IATA: RAB, ICAO: AYTK) is an airport serving Kokopo and Rabaul, the current and former capitals of East New...
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    and Vulcan of the Rabaul caldera. A major eruption of Tavurvur in 1994 destroyed the East New Britain provincial capital of Rabaul. Most of the town still...
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    Cartwheel was an operation aimed at neutralising the major Japanese base at Rabaul. The operation was directed by the Supreme Allied Commander in the South...
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    capture by the Japanese of the city of Rabaul at the northeastern tip of New Britain in January 1942. Rabaul overlooks Simpson Harbour, a considerable...
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    bombing of Rabaul in November 1943 was an air attack conducted by the Allies of World War II upon a cruiser force at the major Japanese base of Rabaul. In response...
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    Farewell Rabaul (さらばラバウル, Saraba Rabauru) is a 1954 Japanese war film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya Ryō Ikebe Rentaro...
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  • The Agmark Rabaul Gurias are a semi professional Papua New Guinean rugby league team from Kokopo, East New Britain Province . They currently compete in...
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    USS Rabaul (CVE/CVHE/AKV-21) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was delivered on 30 August 1946, but never commissioned...
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  • Bombing of Rabaul may refer to the following engagements of World War II Bombing of Rabaul (1942) Bombing of Rabaul (November 1943) This disambiguation...
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  • The Rabaul Strike of 1929 was the first ever industrial strike in Papua New Guinea. The strike began on January 2, 1929 in the township of Rabaul, then...
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    1941 to 1945 during World War II when Japanese forces captured the city of Rabaul. The island of New Guinea was divided by two countries, the Netherlands...
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    an active stratovolcano near Rabaul, on the island of New Britain, in Papua New Guinea. It is a sub-vent of the Rabaul caldera and lies on the eastern...
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    of the Japanese Eighth Area Army, headquartered at Rabaul on New Britain. Naval command at Rabaul was the responsibility of Vice Admiral Jinichi Kusaka...
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  • Unserdeutsch ('Our German'), or Rabaul Creole German, is a German-based creole language that originated in Papua New Guinea as a lingua franca. The substrate...
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    campaign to eventually capture or neutralize the major Japanese base at Rabaul on New Britain. The Japanese defenders, who had occupied those islands since...
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    in 1872. The former capital city of Rabaul is on its shores. The harbour is part of a huge flooded caldera, Rabaul caldera. The harbour is ringed by a...
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  • Bombing of Rabaul in February and March 1942 occurred when Allied forces launched counter-attacks against the Empire of Japan base at Rabaul, Papua New...
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    Lakunai Airfield, later known as Rabaul Airport; was an aerodrome located near Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. It was located at the foot of...
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    choreography had been worth it. In early August 1942, the air group moved to Rabaul, immediately operating against the US forces on Guadalcanal. In the first...
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    Finschhafen Kimbe Lae MV Rabaul Queen was a passenger ferry owned by the Papua New Guinea company Rabaul Shipping. The ship, built in Japan in 1983, operated...
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    Guinea, establishing a security barrier for the major Japanese base at Rabaul on New Britain, and providing bases for interdicting supply lines between...
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    had almost conquered Burma, Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, Singapore, and Rabaul, inflicting severe losses on Allied troops and taking a large number of...
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  • Rabaul Urban LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. 81. Rabaul Town "Census Figures by Wards - Islands...
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  • inspired by real events and based on Rod Miller's manuscript The Lost Women of Rabaul. At the heart of those events were the stories and experiences of Lorna...
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    major offensive which aimed to neutralise the important Japanese base at Rabaul, the capital of New Britain, and was conducted in two phases between December...
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