Kolombangara (sometimes spelled Kulambangara) is an island in the New Georgia Islands group of the nation state of Solomon Islands in the southwestern...
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The Battle of Kolombangara (Japanese: コロンバンガラ島沖海戦) (also known as the Second Battle of Kula Gulf) was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War...
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New Georgia campaign (section Kolombangara)
landings on New Georgia, Kolombangara and Santa Isabel. By June 1943, there were 10,500 troops on New Georgia and 9,000 on Kolombangara, all under the command...
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Gizo/Kolombangara is a single-member constituency of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands. Located in Western Province and covering Gizo and Kolombangara...
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Gizo/Ranongga/Simbo/Kolombangara was a single-member constituency of the Governing Council and Legislative Assembly. Located in Western Province, it covered...
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The Kolombangara monarch (Symposiachrus browni), or Brown's monarch, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Solomon Islands....
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the night of 6–7 August 1943 in Vella Gulf between Vella Lavella and Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands of the southwest Pacific. This engagement was...
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was accompanied by five destroyers near Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands. In the ensuing Battle of Kolombangara, Jintsu was sunk and all three Allied...
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The Kolombangara leaf warbler or sombre leaf warbler (Phylloscopus amoenus) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. It is found...
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USS St. Louis (CL-49) (section Battle of Kolombangara)
January 1943, conducting bombardments of Japanese positions at Munda and Kolombangara, particularly targeting the airfields there. Over the next five months...
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battle involved United States and Japanese ships off the eastern coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands. It took place during the early stages of the...
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Solomon Islands, representing the Gizo/Kolombangara constituency spanning Gizo and the island of Kolombangara in Western Province. Lilo served as the...
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World War II, fought on 6 March 1943 in the Blackett Strait, between Kolombangara and Arundel Island in the Solomon Islands. The battle was a chance encounter...
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in her third major action against enemy warships during the Battle of Kolombangara, where her force was attacked by US surface ships during a troop transport...
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provisions and bring troops to the Japanese garrison on Vila Plantation, on Kolombangara Island's southern tip. America's sophisticated deciphering of the Japanese...
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to the Vila Plantation garrison on the southern tip of the Solomon's Kolombangara Island. Intelligence had been sent to Kennedy's Commander Thomas G. Warfield...
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Vila is a site at the southern end of Kolombangara in the nation of Solomon Islands, originally the location of the Vila Stanmore coconut plantation. During...
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Japanese troops from Guadalcanal, Fiedler shot down a Zero just north of Kolombangara Island, his second aerial victory. He was assigned to the 68th Fighter...
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N-doo-kay) is an Oceanic language now spoken by about 3,000 people on Kolombangara island, Solomon Islands. Duke is an exonymic name (not used by speakers...
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Islands Battle of Enogai 10–11 July U.S. victory over Japan Battle of Kolombangara 12–13 July American ships damaged while pursuing Japanese Battle of Mount...
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the Java Sea, and Battle of Midway. On 13 July 1943 in the Battle of Kolombangara, she was discovered during a night attack by American ships and sunk...
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Kofiau paradise kingfisher Koklass pheasant Kolombangara leaf warbler Kolombangara monarch Kolombangara white-eye †Kona grosbeak Kordofan lark Kordofan...
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kilometres (266 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to the Solomon Islands' Kolombangara. Sheikhpura is one of the smallest districts of Bihar. The population...
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to deliver only 850 troops. On the night of 12–13 July, the Battle of Kolombangara occurred. The Allies had three light cruisers (one New Zealand) and ten...
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Campaign, June–August 1943 Battle of Kula Gulf: July 1943 Battle of Kolombangara: July 1943 Battle of Vella Gulf: August 1943 Land Battle of Vella Lavella:...
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The Kolombangara white-eye or hermit white-eye (Zosterops murphyi) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands...
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in the Battle of Tassafaronga, the Battle of Kula Gulf, the Battle of Kolombangara and the Battle of Peleliu. She was taken out of action by serious torpedo...
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USS Grayson (section Kolombangara)
24 September. She claimed four and two possible Japanese barges from Kolombangara between 30 September – 3 October, with DesRon 21. Then after three months...
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1992, it was reported that a few holdouts still lived on the island of Kolombangara, though subsequent searches were unable to find any evidence. An investigation...
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Mount Veve is an extinct volcano on the island of Kolombangara, in the Solomon Islands. With an elevation of 1,768 metres (5,801 ft), it is the island's...
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