World War II: Australian and American forces defeat Japanese army and navy units in the bitterly fought <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buna–Gona" id="mwqQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Buna–Gona">Battle of Buna–Gona</a>.<sup about="#mwt37" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"}}' id="cite_ref-5" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_22#cite_note-5" id="mwqg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwqw">[5]</span></a></sup>
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