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Battle of Arawe order of battle

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United States landing craft and soldiers approach the beach at Arawe

This is an order of battle listing the Allied and Japanese forces involved in the Battle of Arawe from 15 December 1943 to 24 February 1944.

Allies

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Ground forces

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Japan

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Ground forces

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  • Merkus Garrison (withdrew after the Allied landing)
  • Komori Force
    • 1st Battalion, 81st Infantry Regiment (headquarters, two rifle companies, one machine gun platoon only, arrived 25 December)[12]
      • Company, 54th Infantry Regiment[13]
      • Engineers[13]
    • 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment (arrived 29 December)[14]
    • Detachments from other units were also assigned to the Arawe area[13]
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Notes

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  1. ^ Rottman (2009), p. 24
  2. ^ Shaw and Kane (1963), p. 392
  3. ^ Miller (1959), p. 277
  4. ^ Miller (1959), p. 288
  5. ^ Miller (1959), p. 289
  6. ^ a b c Gill (1968), p. 338
  7. ^ a b Morison (1958), p. 374
  8. ^ Miller (1959), pp. 283–284
  9. ^ Shaw and Kane (1963), p. 336
  10. ^ Barbey (1969), pp. 103–104
  11. ^ Shaw and Kane (1963), pp. 339–340
  12. ^ Shaw and Kane (1963), pp. 327–328 and 343
  13. ^ a b c Miller (1959), p. 280
  14. ^ Shaw and Kane (1963), p. 391
  15. ^ a b Hata (2011), p. 65
  16. ^ Hata (2011), p. 66
  17. ^ a b Hata (2011), pp. 66–68
  18. ^ Hata (2011), p. 68

References

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  • Barbey, Daniel E. (1969). MacArthur's Amphibious Navy: Seventh Amphibious Force Operations 1943–1945. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute.
  • Craven, Wesley Frank; James Lea Cate. "Vol. IV, The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan, August 1942 to July 1944". The Army Air Forces in World War II. US Office of Air Force History.
  • Gill, G. Hermon (1968). Royal Australian Navy 1942–1945. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 2 – Navy. Canberra: Australian War Memorial.
  • Hata, Ikuhiko; Yasuho Izawa; Christopher Shores (2011). Japanese Naval Air Force Fighter Units and Their Aces, 1932–1945. London: Grub Street. ISBN 978-1-906502-84-3.
  • Odgers, George (1968). Air War Against Japan 1943–1945. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 3 – Air (reprint ed.). Canberra: Australian War Memorial.
  • Morison, Samuel Eliot (1958). Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, vol. 6 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Castle Books. ISBN 0-7858-1307-1.
  • Miller, John Jr. (1959). "CARTWHEEL: The Reduction of Rabaul". United States Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific. Office of the Chief of Military History, US Department of the Army. Retrieved 20 October 2006.
  • Rottman, Gordon (2002a). U.S. Marine Corps World War II Order of Battle : Ground and Air Units in the Pacific War, 1939–1945. Westport: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-31906-5.
  • Rottman, Gordon (2005). US Special Warfare Units in the Pacific Theatre 1941–45. Battle Orders. Botley: Osprey. ISBN 1-84176-707-7.
  • Rottman, Gordon (2009). World War II US Cavalry Units. Pacific Theater. Botley: Ospery Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-451-0.
  • Shaw, Henry I.; Douglas T. Kane (1963). "Volume II: Isolation of Rabaul". History of US Marine Corps Operations in World War II. Archived from the original on 20 November 2006. Retrieved 18 October 2006.
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