Commisioned officers standing on a runway at Hollandia Airfield, New Guinea, 1944 The Digital
The 41st Division had lost the equivalent of 11 LST loads of equipment in the Hollandia fire, estimated at about $8 million in 1944 dollars. Twenty-four men had been killed, and another 100 had been wounded. The casualty figures could have been a lot higher if not for the heroic actions of so many officers and men.
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Nederlandse activiteit in West-Nieuw-Guinea. Pacific Islands Monthly. Hollandia - 17 november 1952 - Artikel geschreven door Claude Belloni. Onder de titel foto: Sir Brian Freeston arriveert op Sentani airstrip, Hollandia, Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea. In de deuropening van het vliegtuig,.
‘Vergeten’ migranten uit voormalig NederlandsNieuwGuinea Hoogeveensche Courant
Dutch New Guinea or Netherlands New Guinea ( Dutch: Nederlands-Nieuw-Guinea, Indonesian: Nugini Belanda) was the western half of the island of New Guinea that was a part of the Dutch East Indies until 1949, later an overseas territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1949 to 1962.
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The Battle of Hollandia (code-named Operation Reckless) was an engagement between Allies of World War II and Japanese forces during World War II. The majority of the Allied force was provided by the United States, with the bulk of two United States Army infantry divisions being committed on the ground.
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The old colonizer happily proclaimed 'Netherlands New Guinea' as their new colony and transported a small army of dignitaries, officials and soldiers to its new capital which was known as Hollandia and was situated close to the border of Australian territory of Papua and New Guinea.
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graduate Hollandia. Today known as Jayapura, in 1941 Hollandia (140.707E 2.543S) was the largest settlement in the Dutch half of New Guinea.It was located on the only really first-class natural harbor on the north coast of Dutch New Guinea, Humboldt Bay, though it had only primitive port facilities. There was also a small airstrip.To the west, the Cyclops Mountains rise to over 7000 feet (2100 m).
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Jayapura (oudere spelwijzen Djajapura en Jaya Pura), vroeger achtereenvolgens Hollandia (1910-1962), Kota Baru (1962) en Sukarnopura (1963-1968) genoemd, is de hoofdstad van de Indonesische provincie Papoea (die tot de opdeling in november 2022 het grootste deel van West-Nieuw-Guinea besloeg) en tevens een stadsgemeente (kota).De stad is gelegen aan de noordkust.
LST at Hollandia beach, New Guinea, 1944 The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum
The battle of Hollandia (22-27 April 1944) was part of Operation Reckless and saw the Americans leapfrog past a series of Japanese bases to capture a key position on the northern coast of New Guinea, catching the Japanese almost entirely by surprise and winning an unexpectedly easy victory.
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Dutch New Guinea in HD Color 1949-1962 1.Hollandia 0:512.Raja Amput 10:213.Medical Expedition 20:244.The Road to Independence 30:03Sounds: RogerNetherlands N.
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Hollandia heeft veel andere namen gekend na het vertrek van de Nederlanders. Lang heette het Jayapura. Officieel heet het nu Port Numbay maar iedereen gebrui.
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Nederlands-Nieuw-Guinea - nu de provincies Papoea en West-Papoea ( Papua Barat) van Indonesië - was van 1949 tot 1962 een overzees gebiedsdeel van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden als deel van het eiland Nieuw-Guinea.
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Jayapura Coordinates: 2°31′58.8″S 140°43′1.2″E Jayapura (formerly Dutch: Hollandia) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Papua. It is situated on the northern coast of New Guinea island and covers an area of 940.0 km 2 (362.9 sq mi).
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[Photo] Busy beachhead, Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, 1944 World War II Database
The disputed territory of West New Guinea. The West New Guinea dispute (1950-1962), also known as the West Irian dispute, was a diplomatic and political conflict between the Netherlands and Indonesia over the territory of Dutch New Guinea.While the Netherlands had ceded sovereignty over most of the Dutch East Indies to Indonesia on 27 December 1949 following an independence struggle, it.
C47 taking off at Hollandia Airfield, New Guinea, 1944 The Digital Collections of the
De plechtige gelegenheid in 1910 -bijna 400 jaar na de ontdekking van Nieuw-Guinea- betekent de feitelijke stichting van Hollandia, dat nu de naam Jayapura draagt en de hoofdstad van de Indonesische provincie Papua is. Op de feestdag is het slecht weer, maar de stemming onder de mannen van het exploratiedetachement is uitstekend.
