New Georgia counterattack

Wann

17. Juli 1943 – 18. Juli 1943

Art

Schlacht

Koordinaten

8.25° S, 157.50° E

Description

battle of the New Georgia campaign during World War II

War

World War II

Im Gebiet platziert, nicht an einem genauen Ort.

Battle of the New Georgia campaign during World War II

The New Georgia counterattack was a counterattack on 17–18 July 1943 by mainly Imperial Japanese Army troops against United States Army forces during the New Georgia campaign in the Solomon Islands. The U.S. and its allies were attempting to capture an airfield constructed by the Japanese at Munda Point on New Georgia with which to support further advances towards the main Japanese base around Rabaul as part of Opera…

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