The Vietnam War: The Kokoda Trail

This war between the Australians, Papuans and the Japanese took place around the Kokoda Trail and specifically Port Moresby on the 21st of July 1942 and ended in November in the same year. It was also apart of World War II. The Kokoda Trail is a pathway that stretches out about 96km long. (Show parts of the trail) At one end, there is Ower’s Corner, which is 40 kilometers North East of Port Moresby (Show image of Owers Corner) and on the other side is a small village named Wairopi This war took around four months to fully complete and 120,000 people had to compete. This war was called ‘The Battle of Kokoda’. The Japanese landed in Gona, Papua New Guinea on the 21st of July 1942 and had managed to turn Australian and Papua soldiers over the
mountains to Port Moresby since it was the objective for the Japanese soldiers and it was a very important place to Australians and Papuans. Port Moresby was the best area to use as a base for those when a foe would come over and try to take over; it would also help themselves to advance in the war if they had managed to capture Port Moresby.