Japanese barge in tunnel
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Japanese Tunnels As the war turned against the Japanese, and Rabaul area was subjected to daily bombing raids, many tunnels were dug into the pumic ridges for hospitals, guns, bunkers, gun emplacements, barracks and HQ. During the early months of 1944, Japanese dug (with labor force) a tunnel complexes that by November reached 70km for the Navy and 80km for the Army. By the end of the war, it was estimated these lengths dobuled. Another estimtate places Gazelle Peninsula tunnels at 500km in collective length. Army General Iwao Matsuda's HQ included a four post bed, luxury bath, personal prayer room, air raid shelter, cans of coca-cola, Philippine beer and expensive imported food. Meanwhile, his troops were sick, starving and dying. Post war, Japanese POW labor was used to empty out most known tunnels, especially to collect and dispose of munitions. Occasionally, a tunnel is discovered or a landslide reveals others and untouched caches of arms or equipment are found.
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