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What is the significance of the Kokoda Track campaign in World War II?
- A famous training route used by the Australian military
- The route used by Australian troops in their advance through Europe
- A 1942 campaign where Australian troops halted the Japanese advance through Papua New Guinea in fierce jungle fighting
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The Kokoda Track campaign of 1942 saw Australian soldiers fight Japanese forces along a gruelling jungle trail through the Owen Stanley Ranges in Papua New Guinea. Despite being heavily outnumbered, Australian troops halted the Japanese advance and then pushed them back. The campaign is remembered as one of the most demanding and heroic episodes in Australian military history.