Suicidal Japanese attacks

11th July 1944: On New Guinea the isolated Japanese 18th Army decide to attack rather than rot in the jungle

US troops using a Japanse built footbridge into the jungle in New Guinea.

If the Japanese in Burma were now attempting to retreat, the remnants of the Japanese 18th Army on New Guinea also faced a desperate situation. Here, there was no possibility of retreat or rescue by their navy. As their supplies dwindled, even growing their own crops could not sust…