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OFFICIAL HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY & DUAL-PERSPECTIVE ARCHIVE · JULY – NOVEMBER 1942
The Kokoda Campaign: Two Armies, One Razorback Range, & The Men Who Carried Them.
Experience the 1942 Kokoda Campaign in interactive 3D across the Owen Stanley Range—told with rigorous historical accuracy from both the Australian / Allied (Maroubra Force) and Imperial Japanese (Nankai Shitai / South Seas Detachment) perspectives, alongside the Papuan Wartime Carriers (“Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels”) and local track villagers.
🇦🇺 Australian & PIB Forces (Maroubra Force / 7th Div)🇯🇵 Imperial Japanese Army (南海支隊 Nankai Shitai)Papuan Carriers (“Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels” & Villages)
Owers' Corner to Kokoda (+110 km to Buna-Gona beachheads)
2,190 m
Peak Summit at Mt Bellamy
Over 5,000 m cumulative vertical climb in freezing mist & mud
14 Phases
Dual-Side Battle Timeline
21 July 1942 Gona landing to Nov 1942 Oivi-Gorari & Jan 1943
3 Voices
AUS · JPN · PNG Carriers
Authentic primary-source diaries, unit orders & 3D ridge zoom
26–30 AUG 1942Phase 5 · Battle of Isurava
⏳ CHRONOLOGICAL CAMPAIGN TIMELINE (CLICK ANY PHASE TO FLY THE 3D CAMERA & UPDATE TROOP POSITIONS)
📈 AUTHENTIC KOKODA “SAWTOOTH” ELEVATION PROFILE (OWERS' CORNER → GOLDEN STAIRS → MAGULI → BRIGADE HILL → MT BELLAMY [2,190m] → EORA GORGE → ISURAVA → KOKODA)Hover or click any ridge peak or river gorge to fly the 3D camera
3D VILLAGE WALK-AROUND (4m × 4m MICRO-SCALE) & OWEN STANLEY RANGE THEATRE
Walk Village (WASD):
3D VILLAGE WALK-AROUND · 4m × 4m SOLID MICRO-TILES
Isurava Village & Four Pillars
8.8981° S, 147.7375° E · Elev: 1,290 m · Scale 1 : 950
🇦🇺 Australian Positions 🇯🇵 Japanese Bunkers 🏠 Papuan Huts & RAP 🚶 Walker Position
🖱️ Click Any Hut/Trench/Ground to Walk There · WASD/Arrows: Walk · Left-Drag: Orbit & Tilt · Wheel: Scale Zoom
WALK AROUND THIS VILLAGE (CLICK ANY LANDMARK BELOW OR IN THE 3D SCENE TO WALK TO IT):📏 Survey Scale 1 : 550 · Smooth Continuous 3D Terrain · True Metric Walk
SIDE-BY-SIDE HISTORICAL RECORD · BOTH SIDES OF THE RIDGE
