Papua New Guinea
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Rabaul used to be known as the Jewel of the Pacific. A city built on the edge of a volcano and glittering blue bay. Unfortunately, that was a dumb idea and in 1994 it blew up. Smothering the city in several feet of thick grey ash. It has continued to do so ever since.
Firstly, location. It's north of the PNG mainland, near an island called New Britain.
Rabaul also has a military history, the Japanese built up forces and supplies here, to help supply the Japanese Imperial Army's campaign in the coral sea, kokada track, and Milne bay.
They used mini submarines that could remain submerged in the volcano caldera right up to the waters edge, and tunneled into the cliff. The Allies bombed Rabaul, but just could not work out how they were doing it.
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