Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Battle of Kaiapit

Battle of Kaiapit

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 25, 2016 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 08:57, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

This nomination predates the introduction in April 2014 of article-specific subpages for nominations and has been created from the edit history of Today's featured article/requests.


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The result was: not scheduled by BencherliteTalk 22:42, 26 August 2013‎ (UTC)



The Battle of Kaiapit was an action fought in 1943 between Australian and Japanese forces in New Guinea during the Finisterre Range campaign of World War II. Following the landings at Nadzab and at Lae, the Allies attempted to exploit their success with an advance into the upper Markham Valley, starting with Kaiapit (pictured). The Japanese intended to use Kaiapit to threaten the Allied position at Nadzab, and to create a diversion to allow the Japanese garrison at Lae time to escape. The Australian 2/6th Independent Company flew in to the Markham Valley from Port Moresby in 13 USAAF C-47 Dakotas, making a difficult landing on a rough airstrip. Unaware that a much larger Japanese force was also headed for Kaiapit, the company attacked the village on 19 September to secure the area so that it could be developed into an airfield. The company then held it against a strong counterattack. During two days of fighting the Australians defeated a larger Japanese force while suffering relatively few losses. The Australian victory at Kaiapit enabled the Australian 7th Division to be flown in to the upper Markham Valley. It accomplished the 7th Division's primary mission, for the Japanese could no longer threaten Lae or Nadzab, where a major airbase was being developed. The victory also led to the capture of the entire Ramu Valley, which provided new forward fighter airstrips for the air war against the Japanese.
 * 1 points = Promoted over a year ago
 * 2 points = Date relevance
 * 3 points = Total

Another battle against the odds between a large Japanese force and a small group of Australians armed with nothing more than submachineguns. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:42, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Support Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:12, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
 * 2 point as there's a two-point penalty for being within a month of another US&mdash;Japan WW2 battle, Battle of the Eastern Solomons (24th August). This is also very, very similar to the nomination for 5th September, Landing at Nadzab - we can't mark every battle's 70th anniversary. BencherliteTalk 07:08, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I'd suggest featuring the Nadzab article over this one as Nadzab was a larger and more significant operation, so the anniversary is more important. Nick-D (talk) 08:15, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Not scheduled as it would have been the third TFA about a Japanese—American battle during World War Two within a month.



The Battle of Kaiapit was an action fought in 1943 between Australian and Japanese forces in New Guinea during the Finisterre Range campaign of World War II. Following the landings at Nadzab and at Lae, the Allies attempted to exploit their success with an advance into the upper Markham Valley, starting with Kaiapit (pictured). The Japanese intended to use Kaiapit to threaten the Allied position at Nadzab, and to create a diversion to allow the Japanese garrison at Lae time to escape. The Australian 2/6th Independent Company flew in to the Markham Valley from Port Moresby in 13 USAAF C-47 Dakotas, making a difficult landing on a rough airstrip. Unaware that a much larger Japanese force was also headed for Kaiapit, the company attacked the village on 19 September to secure the area so that it could be developed into an airfield. The company then held it against a strong counterattack. During two days of fighting the Australians defeated a larger Japanese force while suffering relatively few losses. The Australian victory at Kaiapit enabled the Australian 7th Division to be flown in to the upper Markham Valley. It accomplished the 7th Division's primary mission, for the Japanese could no longer threaten Lae or Nadzab, where a major airbase was being developed. The victory also led to the capture of the Ramu Valley, which provided new forward fighter airstrips for the air war against the Japanese.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Benjamin Franklin Tilley (29 March 2016)
 * Main editors: Hawkeye7
 * Promoted: 6 December 2011
 * Reasons for nomination: Anzac Day
 * Support as nominator. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:02, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Support — Maile (talk) 00:00, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Support great article on a lesser-known action. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:08, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Support good choice for the day. Coordinators, don't forget to change the category of unsuccessful nominations to Category:Wikipedia Today's featured article unsuccessful nominations that have subsequently appeared on the Main Page if this is selected. BencherliteTalk 11:22, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Support. Excellent quality improvement efforts by and good selection for the date itself. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 23:08, 27 March 2016 (UTC)