What Are The Factors That Contribute To The Victory Of The Kokoda Track?
The factors that contribute to the allied victory on the Kokoda track are primarily the supply line, the coral sea battle and the shear bravery of the Australian soldiers. The supply line was a major contributor to the victory of the Kokoda track and without it the soldiers wouldn't have survived. The battle of the coral sea ultimately lead to the victory of the Kokoda track since japan could not participate anymore. Finally the bravery of the Australian soldiers without it they would of lost they were outnumbered and had little knowledge of fighting but there determination saved our country. Therefore all these factors contributed to the victory of the Kokoda track.
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In the early 1942 the list of military defeats and inversions for the Australian, British, American and Dutch military and naval forces started to mount, the inclination in the general masses of Australia was one of depression and a general expectation were that the Japanese would attack at any minute. By April 1942 the Japanese were looking at the chance of capturing Port Moresby, Tulagi, New Caledonia, Fiji and Samoa. the goal was to broaden and strengthen the Japanese defensive perimeter and additionally cutting all communication between the Australians and united States. The battle of the coral sea was a major battle fought between American, Australians and Japanese from may 4-8th 1942. We can really see that Australia and America were leading with Japan having 1074 casualties compared to Australia/U.S having 543. It was marked a major turning point in the pacific war because it ultimately stopped the Japanese advancing to the south towards Australia. With the coral sea being the world's first all-carrier and sea battle both the Japanese and United States navies thought they understood how to fight using carriers, but were unfortunately wrong. The painful learning experience cost the loss of United States 41000-ton carrier Lexington and Japans 11,000-ton carries shoho. Source D show the Americans losing their ship Lexington. The coral sea battle was an excellently planned victory for the United States and Australia for in the end the Japanese invasion fleet turned back without invading Port Moresby. More importantly, Japans 2 newest carrier , Shokaku and Zuikaku, were damaged so much they could not participate in the battle of midway. In source (D) we can see John Curtin talking about In the end the battle of the coral sea was a major factor that contributed to the allied victory of the Kokoda
The allied victory on the Kokoda track was mostly effected by the supply …show more content…
In the early 1942 the list of military defeats and inversions for the Australian, British, American and Dutch military and naval forces started to mount, the inclination in the general masses of Australia was one of depression and a general expectation were that the Japanese would attack at any minute. By April 1942 the Japanese were looking at the chance of capturing Port Moresby, Tulagi, New Caledonia, Fiji and Samoa. the goal was to broaden and strengthen the Japanese defensive perimeter and additionally cutting all communication between the Australians and united States. The battle of the coral sea was a major battle fought between American, Australians and Japanese from may 4-8th 1942. We can really see that Australia and America were leading with Japan having 1074 casualties compared to Australia/U.S having 543. It was marked a major turning point in the pacific war because it ultimately stopped the Japanese advancing to the south towards Australia. With the coral sea being the world's first all-carrier and sea battle both the Japanese and United States navies thought they understood how to fight using carriers, but were unfortunately wrong. The painful learning experience cost the loss of United States 41000-ton carrier Lexington and Japans 11,000-ton carries shoho. Source D show the Americans losing their ship Lexington. The coral sea battle was an excellently planned victory for the United States and Australia for in the end the Japanese invasion fleet turned back without invading Port Moresby. More importantly, Japans 2 newest carrier , Shokaku and Zuikaku, were damaged so much they could not participate in the battle of midway. In source (D) we can see John Curtin talking about In the end the battle of the coral sea was a major factor that contributed to the allied victory of the Kokoda