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Allies bomb Madang and Gasmata signaling control of route
Allied warships attacked Madang New Guinea and Gasmata New Britain in a first strike deep in the Southwest Pacific. The communique said the action aimed to cut enemy supply lines while Liberators bombed coastal targets and Australian ground forces advanced in the Ramu River Valley. Additional raids hit Sio and Cape Gloucester as Huon Peninsula fighting continued.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Madang
New Guinea
Gasmata
New Britain
Sio
North New Guinea
Vitiaz Straits
Bismarck Sea
Finschhafen
Coral Sea
Rabaul
Wewak