太平洋战争期间,美澳盟军于1942年7月至1943年1月在新几内亚的巴布亚半岛与日军进行作战。中途岛海战后,日军仍企图攻占新几内亚战略要地莫尔兹比港,以切断美澳交通线。1942年7月11日,日军大本营命令陆军第17集团军(司令为百武晴吉中将) During the Pacific War, the U.S.-Australian allied forces fought Japanese forces in the Papua Peninsula, New Guinea, from July 1942 to January 1943. After the naval battle over Midway, the Japanese military still attempted to capture Port Moresby, the strategic location of New Guinea, to cut off the U.S.-Australia transport line. July 11, 1942, the Japanese army headquarters ordered the Army 17th Army (Commander hundred Baishu Kyrgyzstan general)