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Battle of Sansapor
1944 battle of WW2's Pacific Theater / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Sansapor (Operation Globetrotter) was an amphibious landing and subsequent operations around Sansapor, Dutch New Guinea on the Vogelkop Peninsula during World War II.[2]
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14 killed 35 wounded[1] |
385 killed 215 captured[1] |
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