SYDNEY: A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the New Britain island of Papua New Guinea on Friday, US seismologists said, but a tsunami threat from the tremor was over. The quake struck at ...
January: Japan invades Burma. Malaya and the Solomon Islands fall. Rabaul, on the New Britain island north of New Guinea, becomes an important Japanese base. February: In the first U.S. carrier ...
January: Japan invades Burma. Malaya and the Solomon Islands fall. Rabaul, on the New Britain island north of New Guinea, becomes an important Japanese base. February: In the first U.S. carrier ...