The Battle of Rabaul, also known by the Japanese as Operation R, an instigating action of the New Guinea campaign, was fought on the island of New Britain...

World War I on the island of New Pomerania (now New Britain) Battle of Rabaul (1942) Bombing of Rabaul (1942) Bombing of Rabaul (November 1943) New Britain...

New Guinea. Rabaul had been captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Rabaul in late January. The bombing started on 20 February 1942 by the United...

Britain, Papua New Guinea. Japanese forces landed on Rabaul on 23 January 1942, capturing it by February 1942, after which the harbor and town were transformed...

The Battle of the Coral Sea, from 4 to 8 May 1942, was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and naval and air forces of the United...

Transport of POWs via hell ships 1942-01-11 – 1942-01-12 Battle of Tarakan 1942-01-23 Battle of Rabaul (1942) 1942-01-24 Battle of Balikpapan 1942-01-25 Thailand...

Rabaul were forestalled during World War II. Rabaul was heavily bombed by Japanese aircraft starting from 4 January 1942. On 23 January the battle of...

known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by American forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February...

decision in December 1942 to reinforce their position in the South West Pacific. A plan was devised to move some 6,900 troops from Rabaul directly to Lae....

The Battle of Timor occurred in Portuguese Timor and Dutch Timor during the Second World War. Japanese forces invaded the island on 19 February 1942 and...

March 1942 Battle of Timor, 19 February 1942 – 10 February 1943 New Guinea campaign, 1942–45 Battle of Rabaul (1942), 23 January – 9 February 1942 Bombing...

bombing of Rabaul in November 1943 was an air attack conducted by the Allies of World War II upon a cruiser force at the major Japanese base of Rabaul. In...

that took place on 21 August 1942, on the island of Guadalcanal during the Pacific campaign of World War II. The battle was the first major Japanese land...

the Solomon Sea) took place on 24–25 August 1942 and was the third carrier battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II and the second major engagement...

Japanese military base at Rabaul, and to support the Allied New Guinea campaign. The Japanese had occupied Tulagi in May 1942 and began constructing an...

the Japanese during the Battle of Rabaul in 1942. After being captured, the battalion was not re-raised and a large number of its personnel died in captivity;...

Japanese forces had captured Rabaul, on New Britain, in the Territory of New Guinea, from Australian forces in February 1942 and turned it into their major...

with the capture by the Japanese of the city of Rabaul at the northeastern tip of New Britain in January 1942. Rabaul overlooks Simpson Harbour, a considerable...

boundaries of the Empire in the south Pacific. After capturing Rabaul (February, 1942), on March 8 the Japanese attacked the north shore of New Guinea...

Japanese base at Rabaul. The intention was to establish a beachhead on Bougainville, within which an airfield would be built. The naval battle took place at...

Battle of Lunga Point (ルンガ沖夜戦, "Night Battle off Lunga"), was a nighttime naval battle that took place on 30 November 1942 between United States Navy and Imperial...

Battle for Henderson Field, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal or Battle of Lunga Point by the Japanese, took place from 23 to 26 October 1942 on...

The battle took place on 8–9 August 1942 and was the first major naval engagement of the Guadalcanal campaign and the first of several naval battles in...

Task Three was the capture of Rabaul. Task One, implemented by a directive of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on 2 July 1942 and named the initial attacks...

11th Air Fleet, headquartered at Rabaul, which included the 701, 705 and 751 Air Groups that participated in this battle. Morison, Struggle for Guadalcanal...

invasion. Most of Lark Force was captured by the Imperial Japanese Army after Rabaul and Kavieng were captured in January 1942. The officers of Lark Force...

were less concerned with battles in the colonies and more focused on the war at home. New Guinea portal Battle of Rabaul (1942) "Deutsch-Neuguinea: Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land...

Guinea, provide greater defensive depth for the major Japanese base at Rabaul, and serve as a base for Japanese forces to threaten and interdict the supply...

Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944, pp. 234–235. Miller, John Jr. (1959). Cartwheel: The Reduction of Rabaul. United States Army in World War...

Commanders The Battle of the Coral Sea, a major engagement of the Pacific Theatre of World War II, was fought 4–8 May 1942 in the waters east of New Guinea...