Cape Wom is a cape (or small peninsula) near Wewak, Papua New Guinea, pointing into the Dogreto Bay of the Bismarck Sea.
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It was the location of the unconditional surrender by Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Hatazo Adachi, Commander of the Japanese 18th Army in New Guinea on September 13, 1945. A Cape Wom Memorial Park with the Surrender Memorial is located at the spot.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ Cape Wom Memorial Park
- ^ Surrender Memorial, Cape Wom, Papua New Guinea Archived May 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine