Battle of Empress Augusta Bay

When

1 Nov 1943 – 2 Nov 1943

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

6.40° S, 155.15° E

Description

1943 naval battle of World War II

War

World War II

1943 battle of World War II

The Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, on 1–2 November 1943 – also known as the Battle of Gazelle Bay, Operation Cherry Blossom, and in Japanese sources as the Sea Battle off Bougainville Island (ブーゲンビル島沖海戦) – was a naval battle fought at night in Empress Augusta Bay near Bougainville Island.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Empress Augusta Bay off Bougainville Island: American and Japanese ships fight to a draw”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die zweitägige Seeschlacht bei der Kaiserin-Augusta-Bucht nahe Bougainville zwischen Kriegsschiffen der USA und Japans beginnt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire américaine à la bataille de la baie de l’Impératrice Augusta dans la nuit du 1er au 2 novembre”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• World War II1 Sep 1939 · World war · Deaths 75,000,000