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...
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Guinea Bougainville Island, the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea Bougainville campaign, World War II Bougainville, Somme...
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Bougainville Island (Tok Pisin: Bogenvil) is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea. Its land area...
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USS Bougainville (LHA-8) is an America-class amphibious assault ship currently under construction for the United States Navy. She will be the second Navy...
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northern Solomons, on and around New Georgia Island, and Bougainville Island. In a campaign of attrition fought on land, at sea, and in the air, the Allies...
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Battle of Empress Augusta Bay (category Autonomous Region of Bougainville)
first action in the Bougainville campaign of World War II. It may also be considered as part of the Solomons and New Guinea campaigns. The battle was significant...
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She was named after the Bougainville campaign, a prolonged action against Japanese forces entrenched in the island of Bougainville off Papua New Guinea ...
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United States Marine corporal who was wounded in action during the Bougainville campaign in World War II. During the Battle of Iwo Jima, he was a member...
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part of the Bougainville Campaign where AN/M2 machine guns were carried ashore and put in fixed firing positions to defend Bougainville Island.[citation...
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Arnold Potts (section Bougainville Campaign)
dismissal, Potts went on to command the 23rd Brigade during the Bougainville campaign where he earned a reputation for setting high standards. He retired...
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major Japanese base of Rabaul. In response to the Allied invasion of Bougainville, the Japanese had brought a strong cruiser force down to Rabaul from...
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for several positions. The Bougainville counterattack was the last major Japanese offensive in the Solomon Islands campaign. Following the engagement the...
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officer of Fiji to have fought in Malayan campaign, the Solomon Islands campaign, and the Bougainville campaign. He was one of the 30 military personnel...
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Marine Raider Regiment (Provisional) under Shapley, for the invasion of Bougainville, the final combat action of the Raiders before their dissolution. PFC...
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Imperial Japanese Army forces on Bougainville Island. The battle took place on 8–9 November 1943 during the Bougainville campaign of the Pacific War in the days...
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a United States Marine who was killed in action in 1943 in the Bougainville Campaign of World War II. For his heroic actions, he was posthumously received...
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Cartwheel to support the New Georgia campaign in July 1943 Capturing the Kahili and Kara airfields on Bougainville in September 1943 Capturing Kavieng...
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Battle of Cape St. George (category Autonomous Region of Bougainville)
McGee, William L. (2002). "Bougainville Campaign". The Solomons Campaigns, 1942–1943: From Guadalcanal to Bougainville—Pacific War Turning Point. Vol...
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phases of the Bougainville campaign during World War II with a number of battles fought along the trail. DiscoverBougainville.org: Wakunai Australian War...
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under General Harukichi Hyakutake during the initial period of the Bougainville campaign, and (as lieutenant general) later took command of the 17th Army...
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Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, Stein fought in the Vella Lavella and Bougainville Campaigns, shooting five snipers in a single day during the latter operation...
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2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum (redirect from Bougainville independence referendum, 2019)
A non-binding independence referendum was held in Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea, between 23 November and 7 December 2019. The...
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Britain. Later, attached to the II Corps, it participated in the Bougainville campaign, during which it was in action continuously for a period of nine...
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was a corporal in the 3rd Battalion, which was taking part in the Bougainville campaign. He died under Japanese fire on 23 June 1944, at Mawaraka, during...
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1944 they were sent to Bougainville to take part in the Bougainville campaign the final campaign of the war. There they undertook a series of advances across...
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Goldbricks", fought in World War II during the Battle of Bougainville and later in the Philippines campaign (1944–45). They were deactivated shortly after the...
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War, doing so while serving with the 25th Battalion during the Bougainville Campaign in 1945. After the war, Rattey ran a farm near West Wyalong, New...
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a series of battles in the New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776 and the Philadelphia campaign in 1777. With a decisive victory at Yorktown and the...
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Landings at Cape Torokina (category Autonomous Region of Bougainville)
as Operation Cherryblossom, took place at the beginning of the Bougainville campaign in World War II. The amphibious landings were carried out by elements...
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October 1943 Land Battle of Vella Lavella: 15 August – 9 October 1943 Bougainville campaign, November 1943 – August 1945 Landings at Cape Torokina (Operation...
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