The Kokoda Track
- Episode aired Jul 11, 2021
Part of Tragedies and Disasters Week. The Kokoda track is a 60 mile jungle trail through the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea. Between July and November 1942, a series of battles, afte... Read allPart of Tragedies and Disasters Week. The Kokoda track is a 60 mile jungle trail through the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea. Between July and November 1942, a series of battles, afterwards called the Kokoda Track Campaign, were fought between the Japanese and Australian f... Read allPart of Tragedies and Disasters Week. The Kokoda track is a 60 mile jungle trail through the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea. Between July and November 1942, a series of battles, afterwards called the Kokoda Track Campaign, were fought between the Japanese and Australian forces. For Australians especially this brutal campaign has become synonymous with Gallipol... Read all