Kokoda Campaign

Where did the Kokoda Campaign take place

• Papua New Guinea

• New Zealand

• Australia

• Japan

What were the main countries involved?

• Australia, Japan, USA, and PNG

• Australia, NZ, Japan

• Australia, Germany, Japan and UK

• Australia, USA, Japan

True or False: The campaign lasted 7 months, 6 days and 12 hours

• True

• False

True or False: This was the first time Japanese forces had ever been defeated on land?

• True

• False

What were some of the conditions the Australian soldiers endured

• Dynastry and diarroah and other diseases

• All of the fuzzy wuzzy angels caring for them

• Abundance of food

• All of the above

What was the end date of the campaign?

• 5 december 1942

• 16 November 1942

• January 18 1943

• 24 April 1942

What did Private Bruce Kingsbury do

• He charged into the Japanese to save the battalion

• He turned and fled and was gunned down by his own soldiers

• He charged into the Japanese to save a mate

• All of the above

Who won the campaign?

• Japan

• Allies

• Germany

• Nobody, it was a stalemate

Who were the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels

• A nickname given to the Australian soldiers

• The nickname given to the Papua New Guinea natives

• The American elite force

• The Japanese POW

Why was the Port Moresby air base significant?

• It provided the allies with air support

• If the Japanese captured, they could start more effective bombing raids on australia

• It allowed supplies to be dropped to the Japanese

• It wasn't