What the records say
- When
- 20 Jul 1943
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 8.19° S, 157.28° E
- Description
- Battle of the World War ||
- War
- World War II
Battle of Bairoko
1943 battle of World War II
The Battle of Bairoko was fought between American and Imperial Japanese Army and Navy forces on 20 July 1943 on the northern coast of New Georgia Island. Taking place during World War II, it formed part of the New Georgia campaign of the Pacific War.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Бой за Баироко между подразделениями морской пехоты армии США и армией Императорской Японии в районе порта Баироко, расположенного на острове Нью-Джорджия”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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