21 July 1942
Landing at Buna
Horii's South Seas Detachment lands near Buna to begin the Japanese overland advance toward Port Moresby.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Buna in Japan. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Horii's South Seas Detachment lands near Buna to begin the Japanese overland advance toward Port Moresby.
Provenance
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