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Port Moresby in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Port Moresby in Japan. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1942–1942

Historical events in Port Moresby

1942

1 May 1942
Capture of Port Moresby
Shigeyoshi Inouye · World War, 2nd

Ordered to capture Port Moresby in the Solomons

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Japan and Port Moresby. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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