New Georgia Campaign

When

20 Jun 1943 – 7 Oct 1943

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

8.50° S, 157.33° E

Description

1943 series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II

War

World War II

Series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II

The New Georgia campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific Theater of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan. It was part of Operation Cartwheel, the Allied strategy in the South Pacific to isolate the Japanese base around Rabaul. The campaign took place in the New Georgia Islands in the central Solomon Islands and followed the Allied capture of the Russell Islands.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: The New Georgia campaign begins in the Solomon Islands, an Allied offensive against the Japanese forces stationed there”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Américains débarquent en Nouvelle-Géorgie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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