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  • Chapter 9 - The assault brigade

  • Matthew Miller
  • Book:
    Assault Brigade
    Published online:
    25 October 2024
    Print publication:
    29 August 2024, pp 173-202

  • Summary

    The actual landing was a particularly spectacular, dramatic episode, near to ‘our artist’ conception of war than anything I had seen.

    Brigadier Chilton1
    Balikpapan would be the last major amphibious operation of World War II. The after-action report for the amphibious operation named Oboe II repeatedly refers to the 18th Infantry Brigade – with some pride – as the ‘assault brigade’. The amphibious assault of Balikpapan would represent the pinnacle of evolution in the Australian infantry brigade from a line infantry formation to an amphibious Infantry Brigade Group (Jungle). The combination of combat experience, administrative efficiency, combined arms capability and leadership would make the 18th Brigade one of the most effective formations the Australian Army fielded in World War II.

  • Chapter 6 - The Battle of Shaggy Ridge

  • Matthew Miller
  • Book:
    Assault Brigade
    Published online:
    25 October 2024
    Print publication:
    29 August 2024, pp 113-135

  • Summary

    The newly reorganised 18th Infantry Brigade Group (Jungle) would return to New Guinea with the 7th Infantry Division as the division’s reserve force. From the reserve force to the spearhead of the Allied campaign in the Finisterre Range, the brigade would achieve a striking victory against the Japanese 78th Infantry Regiment. This was a battle that required a commander and brigade staff to manage numerous attached units, supporting arms and its own infantry formations – all while assaulting up mountainous ridgelines to fortified Japanese positions. The Finisterre campaign, specifically Operation Cutthroat, demonstrated an excellent example of an Australian infantry brigade group (jungle) in action.