So that they can see the track.
The Owen Stanley Mountain Range .
Australians fighting in the New Guinea campaigns during WW2.
It was the trail used for soldiers to get from one side of the island to the other the Japanese on one side and the Australians on the other.
the kokoda battle/campaign lasted just over 9 months in 1942 - 1943
The Kokoda Track Campaign was one of the Australian Army's toughest campaigns of the war. As it was in the tropical environment of Papua, malaria, dysentery, and other tropical diseases were always a risk. An estimated 4,000 soldiers of the Australian Army alone are listed as casualties from illness.
To oppose and drive back the Japanese invasion force threatening Port Moreby.
Approximately 40,000 combatants.
The Kokoda Track is a road in Papua New Guinea, famous for being the site of a World War II battle. There is much debate over whether it should be called the Kokoda Track or Kokoda Trail; however, in 1972, it officially became the Kokoda Trail.
In 1942.
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The two ends of the Kokoda Trail are at Kokoda and Owers Corner sixty miles apart.
The Kokoda Trail or Kokoda Track gets its name from the village of Kokoda, which is at one end of the trail. Owens Corner is the town at the other end.
A Japanese force moved down the Kokoda Track to capture Port Moresby.
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Both are correct names. Either can be used, and 'trail' is the word that is usually associated with it, so that is why it is normally used.
Papua New Guinea.
About 5000