War at Kokoda

Jungle Warfare is...

• Only fought in PNG

• Incredibly slow

• Involves a lot of trench fighting

Australia won the Battle of Kokoda

• True

• False

What was the greatest contributor to deaths in Kokoda

• Starvation

• Cannibalism

• Malaria

• Enemy forces

What year did the campaign take place

• 1842

• 1941

• 1914

• 1942

Rather than being better fighters, Australia won due to...

• The Japanese being terrible jungle fighters

• Their variety in fighting techniques (including fighting withdrawals)

• Flanking

• General MacAuthur

Why was General Blamey's 'Rabbit Speech' so offensive

Who were the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels?

• Local PNG volunteers

• Japanese POWs

• Local PNG indentured labour

• The Japanese Forces

Why were the militia referred to as 'Chocolate Soldiers'?

Why was Kokoda strategically important?

• It was a good village

• There was a road to the village for easy access to supplies

• It had an airfield

• Australian troops landed there

Which Battalion first encountered the Japanese soldiers?

• 39th Australian Infantry Battalion

• 29th Australian Infantry Battalion

• 41st Australian infantry Battalion

• 31st Australian infantry Battalion