Eighteenth Army (Japan)
Army · Japan · November 9, 1942 – September 13, 1945
Japanese army under Hatazō Adachi that fought the New Guinea campaign from Buna to Wewak.
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Movements
- January 23, 1942 – August 1945 New Guinea campaign
- November 16, 1942 Kokoda Track campaign Buna and Gona Map
- April 22 – September 16, 1943 Salamaua–Lae campaign
- June 30, 1943 – March 20, 1944 Operation Cartwheel
- September 16, 1943 Lae lost Map
- September 19, 1943 – April 24, 1944 Markham, Ramu and Finisterre campaigns
- April 22, 1944 Landing at Aitape
- April 24, 1944 Madang abandoned Map
- July 10, 1944 Counterattacks at Aitape Map
- July 10 – August 25, 1944 Battle of Driniumor River
- September 13, 1945 Surrenders at Wewak Map