towards Sio, they captured the mission at Sattelberg in November in what has become known as the BattleofSattelberg. Welsch and Lewis 1998, p. 188. Coulthard-Clark
the landing beaches east of Lae. After the capture of Finschhafen, the Japanese forces in the area withdrew towards Sattelberg where they sought to hold
Peninsula campaign, part of the New Guinea campaign of World War II. After the defeat of the Japanese in the BattleofSattelberg, Australian Army forces