The Japanese objective was to seize Port Moresby by an overland advance from the north coast, through the mountains of the Owen Stanley Range, following the Kokoda Track as part of a strategy to isolate Australia from the United States.
The Japanese objective was to seize Port Moresby by an overland advance from the north coast following the Kokoda Track as part of a strategy to isolate Australia from the United States. This was through the mountains of the Owen Stanley Range.