Coastwatchers
Allied military intelligence and early warning operatives during the 1940s / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the former aviation division of the Australian Customs Service, see Coastwatch. For the UK's National Coastwatch Institution, see National Coastwatch Institution. For the 1959 film, see The Coastwatchers (film). For the coastwatching programme in New Zealand's sub-Antarctic islands from 1941 to 1945, see Cape Expedition.
The Coastwatchers, also known as the Coast Watch Organisation, Combined Field Intelligence Service or Section C, Allied Intelligence Bureau, were Allied military intelligence operatives stationed on remote Pacific islands during World War II to observe enemy movements and rescue stranded Allied personnel. They played a significant role in the Pacific Ocean theatre and South West Pacific theatre, particularly as an early warning network during the Guadalcanal campaign.