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- When
- 3 Nov 1943
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 6.24° S, 155.03° E
- Description
- 1943 landing on the Solomon Islands
- War
- World War II
Landings at Cape Torokina
1943 landing on the Solomon Islands
The Landings at Cape Torokina, also known as Operation Cherryblossom, took place at the beginning of the Bougainville campaign in World War II. The amphibious landings were carried out by elements of the United States Marine Corps in November 1943 on Bougainville Island in the South Pacific, as part of Allied efforts to advance towards the main Japanese base around Rabaul under Operation Cartwheel.
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