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	Kokoda
		From July - November 1942, a village on the Kokoda trail, from Buna on the north coast thru the Owen Stanley Mountain Range to Port Moresby.
		On the trail the Australian 7th Division resisted the Japanese, and the advance was halted within 30 miles of the city, and due to losses, and lack of resupply, the Japanese began to fall back towards their beachhead at Buna.
		This airfield was an important base for Australian defenders during the fighting along the trail, and target of the Japanese for recapture.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/png_kokoda.html (309 words)

	The History of Kokoda Track / Trail
		On the Kododa Trail the Australian 7th Division resisted the Japanese General Horii's overland attempt to capture Port Moresby, and the advance was halted within 30 miles of the city.
		Kokoda is a small plateau on the north-east slopes of the Owen Stanley Range and possessed a small airstrip the retention of which, for at least as long as it would take Australia to fly in supplies and reinforcements, was of great importance.
		Kokoda was entered on November 2 and this was the beginning of the end of Japanese hopes in Papua.
	www.kokodatrail.com.au /history.html (1570 words)

	Australian Military Units
		The Kokoda Trail was a path that linked Ower's Corner, approximately 40 km north-east of Port Moresby, and the small village of Wairopi, on the northern side of the Owen Stanley mountain range.
		From Wairopi, a crossing point on the Kumusi River, the Trail was connected to the settlements of Buna, Gona and Sanananda on the north coast.
		"Kokoda Trail" and "Kokoda Track" have been used interchangeably since the Second World War and the former was adopted by the Battles Nomenclature Committee as the official British Commonwealth battle honour in October 1957.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/event_291.asp (567 words)

	"Kokoda Trail" or "Kokoda Track" ? [Australian War Memorial]
		Kokoda was arguably Australia's most significant campaign of the Second World War.
		This link is to a selection of scanned sketches of Kokoda taken from official records series AWM 54: 481/12/13 "[Medical - Reports:] Brief account of the activities of the 7th Australian division - medical services during the six months campaign in Papua (January 1943)".
		The Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway is a unique tribute to the bravery of Australian troops who fought through atrocious conditions and against vastly superior enemy numbers in the Papua-New Guinea campaign of July 1942-January 1943.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/kokoda (287 words)

	Kokoda Trail
		The Kokoda Trail was originally used by gold miners during the 1890s, walking north from Port Moresby to the goldfields of Yodda and Kokoda.
		Kokoda was defended by the Australians on a tongue like plateau which overlooks the land below.
		All travel on the Kokoda Trail is hard, but the journey can be organised into sections which are manageable by persons of good health and average “jogger” fitness.
	www.pngcanberra.org /tourism/kokoda_trail.htm (690 words)

	Flinders University: News, events and notices - Kokoda: a focus of national identity, but is it Track or Trail? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kokoda is one of the most famous names in Australian military history - perhaps only Gallipoli and Tobruk are better known.
		Recent accusations that "Kokoda Trail" was adopted under American influence do have some merit, Mr Provis said, and he cites a correspondence between US General Douglas Macarthur's headquarters and the Australian high command that seems to show the Australians falling into line with American usage.
		Keating called it the Kokoda Trail, but at the urging of some of its constituents, the Department of Veterans Affairs favours Kokoda Track, and the conservative side of politics, including John Howard, has followed suit.
	www.flinders.edu.au /news/articles/?fj07v14s01 (617 words)

	Laser Tag: Missions: Kokoda Trail
		Kokoda is a small plateau on the north-east slopes of the Owen Stanley Range and possessed a small air-strip the retention of which, for at least as long as it would take us to fly in supplies and reinforcements, was of great importance.
		Valiant though their effort was, they even recaptured the plateau after being driven out, the Japanese need was of equal importance as they required a forward base at Kokoda for their drive over the ranges along the "Kokoda Trail" to Port Moresby and they struck before we were able to muster sufficient strength.
		You are members of a large patrol pushing up the Kokoda Trail with the aim of capturing Japanese strong points and destroying as many enemy as possible.
	www.laserskirmish.com /missions/KokodaTrail.htm (836 words)

	The Kokoda Trail - History - Adventure Kokoda
		North of Isurava and beyond Kokoda the track passed through the area of the greatest violence in the history of Australian pacification of Papua, and all that disruptive fighting was within the memories of people alive in 1942.
		Kokoda Trail military campaign, we are inclined to think there is not much else to know about it.
		Whilst the debate over the name 'track' or 'trail' continues to be controversial I am guided by the decision of the PNG Government Place Names Commission in 1972 to proclaim it as 'The Kokoda Trail'.
	www.kokodatreks.com /history/thekokodatrail.cfm (4080 words)

	Kokoda Trail; our most famous battle of WW2
		On 4 pm on 23 July 1942, about thirty Australian troops armed with rifles, revolvers and a Lewis machine-gun with a drum of ammunition-made the first stand of the Kokoda campaign against the advance guard of the Japanese invaders-armed with heavy machine-guns, mortars and a mountain gun.
		The Australians were the raw militiamen of the 11th platoon of the 39th Battalion, with an average age of 18.5 years, plus a handful of the Papuan Infantry Battalion (PIB).
		Mules, horses and their attendants ready to set off down the mule track on the first stage of the journey to the small village of Uberi, on the Kokoda trail.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-battles/ww2/kokoda.htm (1060 words)

	Kokoda Track - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kokoda Track or Kokoda Trail is a single-file track which starts at Ower's Corner 50 km east of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea and runs 96 km overland (60 km as the crow flies) through the Owen Stanley Range to Kokoda.
		"Kokoda Trail" was gazetted as the official name of the route by the Australian administration of Papua New Guinea in 1972.
		The first known use of "Kokoda Trail" was in Sydney's Daily Mirror on October 27, 1942.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kokoda_Track (999 words)

	The Kokoda Campaign - July 1942
		The Kokoda Track or Trail is a muddy foot track, about 100 miles in length, that climbs the Owen Stanley Range and connects the north coast of Papua with Port Moresby on the south coast.
		The village of Kokoda lies on a small plateau on the north-east slopes of the Owen Stanley Range.
		Kokoda was retaken on 2nd November, and the Allied advance would continue to the northern beaches.
	www.defence.gov.au /ARMY/ahu/HISTORY/Battles/Kokoda.htm (2229 words)

	Executive Excellence \| Kokoda
		More Australians are choosing to trek Kokoda for many different reasons and it is important to remember that trekking in remote locations is inherently dangerous and a very serious undertaking - not something to be taken lightly.
		Kokoda is one of the great treks of the world and is a journey through Australian history.
		Our trek leaders have trekked the Kokoda Track more than 30 times and have extensive knowledge of the area, including the culture and way of life of the local people, the flora and fauna and, of course, the history of the route.
	www.executiveexcellence.com.au /kokoda (1120 words)

	Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority - Kokoda Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Kokoda, Kokoda Track and Sogeri areas have a World War II history of bitter fighting between Australian and Japanese Armies during the latter half of 1942.
		The Kokoda Track is a native footpath that traverses the rugged peaks of the Owen Stanley Ranges, and it was here that an in-experienced, ill-equipped, outnumbered Australian force faced the might of the Japanese army.
		Under the Kokoda Track Trek Permit Law 2005 of both the Kokoda and Koiari Local-level Governments, persons, whether as individuals or part of a group, who wish to walk the Kokoda Track, are required to obtain a Trek Permit.
	www.pngtourism.org.pg /png/export/sites/TPA/products/kokodatrail.htm (1694 words)

	Rising Sun Films : Kokoda
		Kokoda is the name of a Village at the foot of northern edge of the Owen Stanley Ranges, Papua New Guinea (PNG).
		It is known as the "Kokoda Trail" and referred to often as "the track", which is colloquial Australian for a rough or unformed path or road.
		The Campaign was Officially referred to by the War Nomenclatures Committee as the battle of the "Kokoda Trail", hence the appearance of that name in Official records and on Regimental Banners of units that fought there.
	www.kokoda.com (909 words)

	Kokoda Trail Treks Kokoda Track Trips Tours Adventure Papua New Guinea
		Follow in the footsteps of the Kokoda heroes as they battled the Japanese from Port Moresby across the rugged Kokoda Trail until the defeat of the Japanese at the beachhead of Gona.
		A trek on the Kokoda Trail is a challenging adventure through some of the most remote jungle in the world.
		Kokoda Spirit are dedicated to providing our Trekkers and Rafters with the Experience of a Lifetime, to Experience Adventure, to Experience the Spirit, to Experience the Culture and Experience the People this wonderful, fascinating and awe inspiring country provides.
	www.kokodaspirit.com (853 words)

	Kokoda Trail / Kokoda Track Adventure
		The Kokoda Trail is one of the world's great treks, linking the southern and northern coast of Papua New Guinea, it is a challenge to be enjoyed by the fit bushwalker.
		The Kokoda Trail and Sogeri area have a history of bitter fighting between Australian and Japanese armies during the early days of the war in the Pacific in World War II.
		The 96 km Kokoda trail passes through rugged mountainous country of rainforest, jungles of fern, orchids, birds and clean mountain streams which tumble into steep valleys.
	www.kokodatrail.com.au (316 words)

	The Kokoda Trail - A History
		The Kokoda Trail is a remote jungle track in the old Australian Territory of Papua where Aussie Diggers and the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels battled desperately against Japanese invaders to save Australia in 1942.
		The Kokoda Trail campaign, fought out over six months and two days on a narrow front in appalling conditions, has become an honoured part of our Australian heritage.
		This book reveals for the first time that there is another larger, history of the Kokoda Trail which is every bit as compelling and intriguing as the grim war years of 1942.
	www.warbooks.com.au /IndividualBooks/kokodatrailahistory.html (260 words)

	The Kokoda Track Foundation
		The Kokoda Track, as it became known, would be the scene for some of most ferocious hand-to-hand fighting of the Pacific War.
		Ironically, later in the Kokoda campaign, it was General Blamey, the Australian Army Commander, who reported back to MacArthur the real truth (after the Americans joined the Diggers in the final stages of the campaign when the Japanese had been forced back to the beachheads at Buna-Gona): ‘It is a very sorry story.
		Again, many survivors of the horrors of the Kokoda Track lost their lives in attacks against an enemy that was heavily entrenched and grimly determined to fight to the last.
	www.kokodatrackfoundation.org /campaign.htm (4254 words)

	HyperWar: US Army in WWII: Victory in Papua
		From Alola, the trail crosses to the eastern side of Eora Creek and climbs to Templeton's Crossing, where the immense spurs of the main range are met for the first time at an elevation of 7,000 feet.
		Yokoyama's mission was to land in the Buna area, advance rapidly to Kokoda and "the mountain pass south of Kokoda," and reconnoiter the trail leading from it to Port Moresby.
		Kokoda and the Buna-Kokoda track were now firmly in Japanese hands, and a base had been established for the advance on Port Moresby through the Gap.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Papua/USA-P-Papua-5.html (7157 words)

	Kokoda Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This they would use for their drive over the ranges along the "Kokoda Trail" to Port Moresby.
		Kokoda is a small plateau on the north-east slopes of the Owen Stanley Range.
		The Japanese General, on the Kokoda Trail, was drowned crossing a fast flowing river near Kokoda.
	www.paralumun.com /warkokodatrail.htm (194 words)

	Kokoda Track campaign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kokoda Track itself is single-file track starting just outside Port Moresby on the Coral Sea and (depending on definition) runs 60–100 kilometres through the Owen Stanley Ranges to Kokoda and the coastal lowlands beyond by the Solomon Sea.
		Kokoda Trail is used in Australian Army battle honours.
		Kokoda was captured by the Japanese on July 29.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kokoda_Track_Campaign (3462 words)

	Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority - News, Angels of the Kokoda Trail
		It tells of the prayers of worried Australian mothers, whose young sons are fighting the Japanese on the rugged Kokoda Trail, and how their prayers are answered in the form of 'fuzzy wuzzy angels'.
		The booming tourism industry along the Kokoda Trail is offering them a chance to earn money, rather than indulge in a life of crime like many of their peers.
		The guides and porters of the Kokoda Trail, unlike many of their peers who roam around aimlessly in our towns and cities, know the importance of the Kokoda Trail.
	www.pngtourism.org.pg /news/kokodatrek.htm (1052 words)

	Battle for Australia Council
		It was raised in October 1941 from volunteers in Victoria and arrived in Port Moresby in January 1942.
		When it was relieved during the Kokoda operations in September, the Battalion's strength of about 1500 had decreased, because of battle casualties and illness to 185.
		The Kokoda Trail covered seemingly impossible terrain: from nearly impenetrable rainforest with muddy ground, to agonisingly steep ascents and descents.
	www.battleforaustralia.org.au /kokoda1.html (1117 words)

	PAPUA NEW GUINEA THE KOKODA TRACK
		he "historically correct" way to walk the Kokoda Track is from north to south, ie starting at Kokoda, as this is the way the advancing Japanese in World War 2 forced allied soldiers to retreat to Port Moresby, carried in some cases by local stretcher-bearers dubbed the "fuzzy wuzzy angels".
		Kokoda Mountain View Lodge provides accommodation, meals, camping equipment, camping food supplies, guides/carriers and other tour activities at the Kokoda end, and when trekkers arrive at Ower's Corner they are met by Ecotourism Melanesia with a cold beer and a box of Bandaids.
		Kokoda Track guides walk the track every week carrying 50kg packs and could just about do it on one foot with their eyes closed, so don't be shy about letting somebody else carry your stuff.
	eco-melanesia.8k.com /PNG/PNGintkokodatrack.htm (825 words)

	Space Meat - Kokoda Review
		Kokoda is based on a true story and the battle of Isurava, along the Kokoda track (Also referred to as the Kokoda trail) on the 26
		Kokoda portrays a vivid picture of what the soldiers had to endure, sets and field locations are amazing and mixed with the impressive camera work and pyrotechnic effects it's a very realistic look at the battles.
		Kokoda is primarily an Australian film, made by Australians for Australians, but it is also made for an international audience and I do believe it is good enough to be somewhat liked by them.
	sniperxtreme.googlepages.com /Kokodareview.htm (633 words)

	The Battle for Australia - The Kokoda Track
		Native Papuan labourers sitting on the framework of a grass hut that they were building as a hospital ward for the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance.
		They are all suffering from gunshot wounds sustained in the fighting against the Japs in the Kokoda area.
		The Australian advance was aided by the American 32nd Division which established bases to the south of Buna while the Australians pushed on down the Kokoda [Track] and across country from Wanigela.
	www.anzacday.org.au /history/ww2/bfa/kokoda.html (970 words)

	Fire and Fury Games' Battlefront: Kokoda Track-27AUG1942-Scenario 04-Overview
		Caught along the trails with jungle all around, the Australian militia troops had to fight head to head with the veteran Japanese, whose numbers kept increasing as reinforcements heading up from Oivi arrived.
		There was little preparation along the trail at the main rest areas for his battalions as they crossed over the Owen Stanley's, and at Myola, the most forward area to accommodate aerial supply drops, there were only 5 days of supplies where there were to be 25.
		Though there is a separate ME for the Japanese Battalion HQ and supports, I actually attached the Mortars and their FO to one of the companies attacking from the west, and the FO for the mountain howitzer to one of the companies attacking from the north for the games I've run.
	www.fireandfury.com /extra/scenkokoda04overview.shtml (2366 words)

	Kokoda: Women on the march
		We are taking a group of WOMEN only to Kokoda to undertake the 96km trek in PNG, which is where many Australian and Japanese soldiers fought during the second world war.
		It is about what it takes to get there, the preparation and the interaction and relationships formed during this journey and between this group of women.
		Generally treks to Kokoda have been mixed or male dominated and the treks filmed for TV have usually had celebrities or professional athletes participating.
	www.kokodawomenonthemarch.com (552 words)

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