Bougainville Campaign

When

1 Nov 1943 – 21 Aug 1945

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

6.02° S, 155.10° E

Description

allied reconquest of the island of Bougainville in the South Pacific from the Japanese forces who occupied it in 1942

War

World War II

World War II land battle in the Pacific between Allied and Japanese forces

The Bougainville campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan, named after the island of Bougainville, one of the Solomon Islands. It was part of Operation Cartwheel, the Allied grand strategy in the South Pacific.

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