ABSTRACT This article analyses the struggle of civilians at the home front during the Pacific War (1941–45). The home front under analysis is the Huon Peninsula, a strategically important stretch of coastline on the New Guinea mainland. From late 1941 the Huon was a ‘borderland’ of overlapping colonial rule, partly occupied by Japanese forces, still patrolled by Australian coastwatchers, and serviced by (three) remaining German missionaries. From 1943 onward, large stretches were heavily bombed by Allied forces. Histories abound on battles and army units that moved through the region, memoirs of coastwatchers tell of survival and clandestine operations behind enemy lines, and mission histories focus on the missionaries’ sacrifice. In contrast, this article places New Guinea villagers as the central focus of the story by using rare documents written by village elders during and shortly after the war as the central documentation.

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站在一起：新几内亚村民与休恩半岛的太平洋战争

摘要本文分析了太平洋战争（1941–45年）期间本国平民的斗争。正在分析的本国战线是休恩半岛，这是新几内亚大陆上具有战略意义的重要海岸线。从1941年底开始，休恩岛是一个重叠的殖民统治的“边界地带”，部分由日军占领，仍然由澳大利亚海岸巡逻者巡逻，并由（三名）剩余的德国传教士服务。从1943年起，盟军对大片路段进行了猛烈轰炸。关于穿越该地区的战斗和军队的历史比比皆是，巡游者的回忆录讲述了敌后的生存和秘密行动，传教历史则集中在传教士的牺牲上。相比之下，