Admiralty Islands campaign order of battle

This is the order of battle of Allied and Japanese forces during the Admiralty Islands campaign of 1944.

Contents

Allied forces

The Allied Task Force BREWER for the occupation of the Admiralty Islands consisted of:[1]

Ground Forces

All US Army unless otherwise noted

Naval Forces

All USN unless otherwise noted

Air Forces

All RAAF unless otherwise noted

Japanese forces

The Japanese garrison of the Admiralty Islands was expanded in the months prior to the Allied landings. On 2 February 1944 it consisted of:[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Krueger, Walter, Report on BREWER Operation, 2 August 1944, AWM54 519/1/12
  2. ^ Rottman, Gordon (2005). US Special Warfare Units in the Pacific Theater 1941–1945. Battle Orders 12. Duncan Anderson (consultant editor). Botley: Osprey. p. 45. ISBN 1-84176-707-7. 
  3. ^ Miller, John (1959). Cartwheel: The Reduction of Rabaul. Washington D.C.: Office of the Chief of Military History, U.S. Department of the Army. p. 319. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Rabaul/index.html.