the 40 m.m.
the 40 m.m. guns of an Allied warship pour shells into Japanese beach positions at Hollandia preparing the way for the assault. Members of the crew( top, right) watch the effects of the bombardment. On Saturday April 22nd, in a surprise assault on the Humboldt Bay area in Dutch New Guina, Allied forces of the South-West Pacific Zone scored a rapid victory in the capture of the town of Hollandia and ...
Organisatie
NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies