World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Milne_Bay" id="mwyw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Milne Bay">Battle of Milne Bay</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" id="mwzA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a> marines assault <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" id="mwzQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> airfields at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milne_Bay" id="mwzg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Milne Bay">Milne Bay</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Guinea" id="mwzw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>, initiating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Milne_Bay" id="mw0A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Milne Bay">Battle of Milne Bay</a>.<sup about="#mwt45" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"}}' id="cite_ref-7" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_25#cite_note-7" id="mw0Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw0g">[7]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"><cite about="#mwt42" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFWalker1957"><a href="./Allan_S._Walker" id="mwB9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Allan S. Walker">Walker, Allan S.</a> (1957). "4 — Milne Bay". <a class="external text" href="https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RCDIG1070220/" id="mwB9U" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwB9Y">The Island Campaigns</i></a>. <a href="./Australia_in_the_War_of_1939–1945" id="mwB9c" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Australia in the War of 1939–1945">Australia in the War of 1939–1945 Series 5<span id="mwB9g" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>– Medical</a>. Vol.<span id="mwB9k" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>3. Canberra: <a href="./Australian_War_Memorial" id="mwB9o" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Australian War Memorial">Australian War Memorial</a>. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./OCLC_(identifier)" id="mwB9s" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a><span id="mwB9w" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1293257" id="mwB90" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">1293257</a>.</cite><span about="#mwt42" class="Z3988" id="mwB94" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=4+%E2%80%94+Milne+Bay&amp;rft.btitle=The+Island+Campaigns&amp;rft.place=Canberra&amp;rft.series=Australia+in+the+War+of+1939%E2%80%931945+Series+5+%E2%80%93+Medical&amp;rft.pub=Australian+War+Memorial&amp;rft.date=1957&amp;rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1293257&amp;rft.aulast=Walker&amp;rft.aufirst=Allan+S.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.awm.gov.au%2Fcollection%2FRCDIG1070220%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+25"></span></span>