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Kokoda Trail in World War 2
In World War two the Kokoda trail was used by the Australians to defend Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. More than six hundred Australians were killed in the four months of battle against the Japanese and maybe some one thousand six hundred and eighty were wounded.  Port Moresby is in the south of Papua New Guinea, South West from the Kokoda trail. Port Moresby is now a small town and not a battle field. The Kokoda trail was used to get directly to Port Moresby so the Australians used it to keep the Japanese back. Near the end of July the Japanese were nearing Kokoda Village. The Japanese took over the village and the some Papuan troops who were fighting with the Australians were forced back to Isurava. The Japanese were running out of supplies and reinforcements were low from the attacks of Australia and Americans. The Japanese were forced to retreat from the trail. Over the next six weeks the Japanese fell back over the mountains. Even though the Australians were running low as well they fought and fought and then on the second of November the Kokoda track was reclaimed. But just when the Australians thought it was over, the Japanese, who were determined to make another stand, fought the Australians at Oivi-Gorari. On the eighteenth of November the Australians won and the battle for the Kokoda track was over.

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