| 词条 | Battle of Lone Tree Hill |
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| conflict = The Battle of Lone Tree Hill (aka Battle of Wakde-Sarmi) | partof = the Western New Guinea campaign of World War II | image = | caption = | date = 17 May – 2 September 1944 | place = Lone Tree Hill in the Toem-Wakde-Sarmi salient | coordinates = {{coord|-1.195|138.834|type:event|display=inline}} | map_type = Indonesia | map_size = | map_caption = | territory = | result = American victory; the Americans gain a major staging point and air-base at Wakde airdrome | status = | combatant1 = {{flag|United States|1912}} | combatant2 = {{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}} | combatant3 = | commander1 = {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Walter Krueger | commander2 = {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Hachiro Tagami | commander3 = | strength1 = 158th Infantry Regiment | strength2 = 223rd Infantry Regiment 224th Infantry Regiment | strength3 = | casualties1 = 400 dead 1,500 wounded 15 missing | casualties2 = 3,870 dead 11,000 dead from sickness starvation 51 captured 17 tanks lost[1] | casualties3 = | notes = }}{{Campaignbox Western New Guinea}} The Battle of Lone Tree Hill, also known as the Battle of Wakde-Sarmi, is the name given to a major battle in 1944 in Dutch New Guinea, between United States and Japanese forces. Following the loss of Hollandia, to the east, in April 1944, the Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area was an isolated coastal salient for the Japanese. Nevertheless, elements of the Japanese 223rd and 224th Infantry Regiments, commanded by Lieutenant General Hachiro Tagami, were concentrated at Lone Tree Hill, overlooking Maffin Bay, and were blocking any further advance by the 158th Regimental Combat Team of the U.S. Army. The Japanese were in well-prepared positions, which included fortified caves. Meanwhile, the main body of the Japanese 223rd Infantry Regiment had outflanked the U.S. units, and a battalion of the Japanese 224th Infantry Regiment, was retreating from Hollandia, towards the Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area. Lone Tree Hill rose from a flat, coastal plain about {{convert|6000|ft|m}} west of the main jetty in Maffin Bay. The hill was named for a single tree depicted on its crest by U.S. maps; it was a coral formation, covered with dense tropical rain forest and undergrowth. It was about {{convert|175|ft|m}} high, {{convert|3600|ft|m}} long north to south, and {{convert|3300|ft|m}} wide east to west. The north side was characterized by a steep slope. The eastern slope was fronted by a short, twisting stream which the Americans named Snaky River. On 14 June, the US commander, General Walter Krueger, sent the U.S. 6th Infantry Division, to relieve the 158th RCT. After ten days of hard fighting, the US forces took Lone Tree Hill. The Japanese suffered more than 1,000 dead, including some trapped in collapsed caves. The U.S. Army suffered about 700 battle and 500 non-battle casualties. With Lone Tree Hill in American possession, Maffin Bay became a major staging base for six subsequent battles: Biak, Noemfoor, Sansapor, Leyte and Luzon. References1. ^Taki, THE HISTORY OF BATTLES OF IMPERIAL JAPANESE TANKS. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lone Tree Hill}} 8 : South West Pacific theatre of World War II|Conflicts in 1944|1944 in the Dutch East Indies|May 1944 events|June 1944 events|July 1944 events|August 1944 events|September 1944 events |
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