The campaign formed Coming_to_be the initial part of an offensive that the Allies launched Motion in the Pacific in late 1943 and resulted in Causation the Japanese being pushed Motion north from Lae to Sio on the northern coast of New Guinea over the course of a four-month period .

The campaign was preceded Process_start by an amphibious landing Self_motion by troops from the Australian 9th Division east of Lae on 4 September 1943 .

The Japanese rear guard also put up a stiff defence Defending and , as a result , Lae did not fall Conquering until 16 September , when troops from the 7th Division entered Arriving it ahead of the 9th , and the main body of the Japanese force escaped Escaping north .

In the closing Body_movement stages of the battle , significant numbers of the defenders were withdrawn Escaping by sea or escaped Escaping overland toward the west and the Japanese base around Salamaua and Lae .

The Landing at Nadzab was an airborne landing Self_motion on 5 September 1943 during the New Guinea campaign of World War II in conjunction with the landing Self_motion at Lae .

The Nadzab action began Process_start with a parachute drop at Lae Nadzab Airport , combined Cause_to_amalgamate with an overland force .

Once assembled Come_together at Nadzab , the 25th Infantry Brigade commenced Process_start its advance Motion on Lae .

The Japanese Army elected Choosing not to fight Hostile_encounter for Lae , preferring instead to withdraw Escaping over the Saruwaged Range .

This proved Coming_to_believe to be a gruelling test of endurance for the Japanese soldiers who had to struggle Confronting_problem over the rugged mountains ; in the end , the Japanese Army managed to withdraw Escaping its forces from Salamaua and Lae , though with extensive losses Earnings_and_losses from exposure and starvation during the retreat Escaping .

Troops of the 25th Infantry Brigade reached Arriving Lae shortly before those of the 9th Division that had been advancing Motion on Lae from the opposite direction .

Troops of the 25th Infantry Brigade reached Arriving Lae shortly before those of the 9th Division that had been advancing Motion on Lae from the opposite direction .

In spite of the losses sustained during the air raid , Japanese forces successfully occupied Control Lae and Salamaua and began Process_start the construction of a base and airfield .

Australian and United States forces sought to capture two major Japanese bases , one in the town of Lae , and another one at Salamaua .

The campaign to take the Salamaua and Lae area began Process_start after the successful defence of Wau in late January , which was followed up by an Australian advance towards Mubo as the Japanese troops that had attacked Wau withdrew to positions around Mubo .

As the Allies kept up the pressure on the Japanese around Salamaua , in early September they launched an airborne assault on Nadzab , and a seaborne landing near Lae , subsequently taking the town with simultaneous drives from the east and north-west .

As the situation around Lae grew more desperate , the Salamaua garrison withdrew Removing , and it was captured Conquering on 11 September 1943 , while Lae fell shortly afterwards on 16 September , bringing the campaign to an end .

As the situation around Lae grew more desperate , the Salamaua garrison withdrew Removing , and it was captured Conquering on 11 September 1943 , while Lae fell shortly afterwards on 16 September , bringing the campaign to an end .

On 13 October 2011 , Airlines PNG Flight 1600 , a Dash 8 regional aircraft on a domestic flight from Lae to Madang , Papua New Guinea , crash-landed Damaging in a forested area near the mouth of the Gogol River , after losing Earnings_and_losses all engine power .