Over the years, we have dedicated quite a few blog posts to some of the strikes on Rabaul, and we have another one today. The Australian War Memorial posted an old film covering the big October 12, 1943 raid on Rabaul. Before getting into that particular mission, the film explains the logistics that the Allies had to work out weeks earlier. After tracing the Allied advance northward, it’s time for the first of several major attacks on the Japanese stronghold of Rabaul.
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Reblogged this on Dave Loves History.
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Thank you for the reblog.
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Excellent! I always cringe a little when I see what appears to be the moderate speed of the B-25s as they approach the targets.
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Glad you enjoyed the video nonetheless!
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Working out the logistics has always amazed me.
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There was a lot of strategy involved to achieve those bigger goals.
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Hi there IHRA
In case you haven’t come across it before, here is General Kenney’s book: http://www.3rdattackgroup.org/resources/Resources/General%20Kenney%20Reports.pdf
Regards
Lloyd H Bunting mail@lloydbunting.com bunting.com.au
From: IHRA Subject: [New post] Mission to Rabaul Date: 24 October 2020 at 9:41:51 am AEDT To: lloyd@bunting.com.au Reply-To: IHRA
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Thank you. We have used his book as one of many resources for our research.
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