Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War Eastern Europe, 1941: Russian Leningrad and Ukraine Offensives – Operations, 2 December 1943-30 April 1944
Allied Advance to Volturno River, Reorganization, and Attack on Gustav Line (17 January-11 May 1944)
New Guinea and Alamo Force Operations: Clearing the Huon Peninsula and Securing the Straits, 19 September 1943-26 April 1944
Cartwheel, the Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls, and Concurrent Air and Naval Operations, 30 June 1943-26 April 1944
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Original Allied Strategic Concept, May 1943; Situation in Pacific, 1 November 1943
[Continued from yesterday.]
12 January. An enemy patrol of about twenty men attacked our outpost at Bilau. Reports were confirmed that natives led this patrol to our position. The outpost repulsed the attack but withdrew across the Mot River, which was now in flood.
About twelve inches of rain fell during this single night. It made the roads into quagmires. And besides this, the high seas and heavy surfs impeded supply and hindered reconnaissance.
Major General H.W. Blakeley, USA, Ret., The 32d Infantry Division in World War II