battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Lone Tree Hill

Name: Battle of Lone Tree Hill
Start: 1944-09-02
Location: Battle of Lone Tree Hill

Battle of Lone Tree Hill was a battle fought on 2 September 1944. It was part of the Western New Guinea campaign, which ran from 1944 to 1945. The recorded result: American victory. Recorded strength: 158th Infantry Regiment against 223rd Infantry Regiment; 224th Infantry Regiment.

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Soldiers of F Company, 20th Infantry Regiment, 6th "Sightseeing Sixth" Infantry Division move in to reinforce the attack positions on hill #225, Wakde/Sarmi, New Guinea.. United States Army., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought2 September 1944

Whererecorded coordinates1.195S, 138.834E

OutcomeAmerican victory

BelligerentsUnited StatesagainstEmpire of Japan

Part ofWestern New Guinea campaign1944 to 1945

Record

Date	2 September 1944 to 2 September 1944
Place	recorded coordinates only 1.195S, 138.834E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	158th Infantry Regiment	223rd Infantry Regiment; 224th Infantry Regiment
Casualties and losses	400 dead; 1,500 wounded; 15 missing	3,870 dead; 11,000 dead from sickness and starvation; 51 captured; 17 tanks lost
Commanders	Walter Krueger

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Wakde 1944, 85 km S
Battle of Hollandia 1944, 257 km SE
Battle of Biak 1944, 316 km W
Battle of Noemfoor 1944, 439 km W
Battle of Driniumor River 1944, 446 km SE

Elsewhere in 1944

Battle of Lone Tree Hill is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871587, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Lone Tree Hill, revision 1379327968, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.