War Wreckage
Papua New Guinea was a very important strategic territory in the South West Pacific theater during the Second World War. Over 600 US planes crashed over the country alone, not including other allied or enemy forces which altogether would equal thousands of planes. But most of the wrecks go unnoticed by the local populations.
Due to the terrain in Papua New Guinea, many of the sites are located in near-impossible to reach areas. The country, while incredibly beautiful, is full of dangerous and impassible obstacles such as tropical rainforests, rugged mountain chains, savannas, and swamps. Such terrain also has a negative effect on the country’s population.