Battle of the Bismarck Sea

When

2 Mar 1943 – 4 Mar 1943

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

7.25° S, 148.25° E

Description

1943 Allied attack on a Japanese convoy

War

World War II

1943 Allied attack on a Japanese convoy

The Battle of the Bismarck Sea took place in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) during World War II when aircraft of the U.S. Fifth Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) attacked a Japanese convoy carrying troops to Lae, New Guinea, as part of Operation 81. Most of the Japanese task force was destroyed, and Japanese troop losses were heavy.

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