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</html>";s:4:"text";s:40252:"Smoke rises above buildings after days of unrest in Honiara, Solomon Islands November 25, 2021 in this still image obtained from a video recorded with a drone on November 25, 2021 and obtained November 27, 2021. • Ichi-Go USS Helena escorted invasion transports to Kula Gulf west of New Georgia. US 2nd Marine Parachute Battalion landed by sea at Voza on Choiseul Island in Operation Blissful. Based on. On the main island of Mono, well dug-in machine gun nests were giving Allied troops a difficult time. William Manchester, American Caesar MacArthur's forces were ready for them, routing the Japanese invaders with an Australian brigade. The Solomons campaign culminated in the often bitter fighting of the Bougainville campaign, which continued until the end of the war. ww2dbaseBattle of the Bismarck Sea2-4 Mar 1943. ww2dbaseWhile the Guadalcanal campaign was raging, an equally bitter series of battles was occurring on the island of New Guinea. [3], Japanese naval forces captured Tulagi but its invasion of Port Moresby was repulsed at the Battle of the Coral Sea. The World War II Database is founded and managed by In all, the Japanese had lost three ships and over 1,500 men (900 of which were land troops). A Japanese goal was to establish an effective defensive perimeter from British India on the west, through the Dutch East Indies on the south, and to island bases in the south and central Pacific as its southeastern line of defense. Having sent most of their assault transports out of the danger zone before nightfall, Merrill awaited the Japanese with four light cruisers and eight destroyers. USS Chicago was damaged and was taken under tow. Combined with this personnel change was the transfer of the Solomon Islands region to the Southwest Pacific command. An intensive measles and rubella vaccination campaign gets under way in Solomon Islands today (October 14), with the aim of immunising 90,000 children in communities across the country. American forces first landed on the Solomon Islands of Guadalcanal, Tulagi and Florida on the morning of August 7, 1942. The men faced Japanese defenders well entrenched and well hidden in the dense tropical jungles. The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Chevalier was sunk by a torpedo fired from the USS La Vallette following severe damage inflicted during an engagement with Japanese destroyers fought on the previous day off Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands. The Japanese Navy launched 24 G4M bombers, escorted by about 40 to 50 A6M Zero fighters, to attack various targets in the central Solomon Islands; the bulk of the attack force was intercepted by US Army and US Navy fighters in the Rendova Island, New Georgia, Solomon Islands area, and 15 G5M bombers and 30 A6M fighters were shot down at a loss of only 3 American fighters. At 2100 hours, Japanese destroyer transports were ordered to separately proceed to Vila, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands. Air and naval bases at Bougainville and New Georgia supported their campaign on New Guinea. The campaign followed the in-country official launch of the 'Unseen, Unsafe' report on Wednesday at the Heritage Park hotel in Honiara, which brings much needed attention to the high prevalence of child abuse in Solomon Islands and across the Pacific and the under investment in child protection by donors. American progress on Bougainville slowed during the rest of Nov 1943. ww2dbaseBattle of Empress Augusta Bay1-2 Nov 1943. ww2dbaseOn 1 Nov, the US 3rd Marine Division invaded the beaches of Empress Augusta Bay, backed by four light cruisers and eight destroyers. The campaign began with Japanese landings and occupation of several areas in the British Solomon Islands, during the first six months of 1942. To reinforce New Georgia, the Japanese 13th Regiment began transferring 3,700 men from Kolombangara to Bairoko on the northwestern shore of New Georgia; this reinforcement would be conducted over the following 3 days. A contingent of US Army, US Navy, and US Marine Corps officers were landed at Segi, New Georgia to evaluate possible landing locations for an invasion. As a result, the Americans only had two carriers, Saratoga and Enterprise, and their 176 aircraft to meet the two Japanese fleet carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku and the light carrier Ryujo. • Surrender of Germany Japanese bombers attacked supply dumps on Rendova, Solomon Islands, but failed to cause significant damage. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tSr4MAAACAAJ">Reports of General MacArthur: Japanese Operations in the ...</a> Aircraft of Japanese 11th Air Fleet from Rabaul were launched to attack American positions in the Russell Islands, Solomon Islands, but this force was turned back by Allied fighters. The second wave came some time later after Giffen's sailors had relaxed their guards. In the Solomon Islands, US 13th Air Force launched 18 B-24 bombers against Kahili Airfield, Bougainville Island and other targets on Ballale Island. The Right Place to Go but the Wrong Way to Get There. By Pearhttps://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2203819698Content and Setting:3 parts and in total 18 missions USMC Infantry campaign. The US Northern Landing Force attacked Japanese positions on Vella Lavella island in the Barakoma airfield region near New Georgia, Solomon Islands. Troops of US Army 43rd Division began to move from Rendova to New Georgia in the Solomon Islands, covered by gunfire from US Marines 9th Defense Battalion and US Army 192nd Field Artillery aimed at Munda Airfield; Japanese bombers attempted to interfere by attacking supply dumps on Rendova, causing heavy casualties. Portland screened carrier USS Enterprise during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. The final casualty was Nagatsuki; abandoned by her crew in the morning after they failed to get her afloat, she was bombed into a sinking state by US planes. This confrontation was another example of Japanese skillfulness with torpedoes; not only that the Japanese torpedoes could travel much further (21 miles!) Although Guadalcanal was always a secondary objective for the Japanese, they realized regular reinforcements and supply runs were critical for a continuous campaign on that island to recapture Henderson Field. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nKcjEAAAQBAJ">Ceaseless Watch: Australia’s Third-Party Naval Defense, ...</a> One month later, the Japanese Combined Fleet lost four of its fleet aircraft carriers at the Battle of Midway.[7]. This battle is intriguing, too, for the fact that it was the Japanese who used their search radar effectively. Additional attacks scored no hits; two TBF and two B-25 aircraft were shot down during the attacks. The American counterpart was led by Captain Frank Walker. Solomon Islands Campaign: X Operations in the New Georgia Area 21 June-5 August 1943 Solomon Islands Campaign: XI Kolombangara and Vella Lavella 6 August - 7 October 1943 Solomon Islands Campaign XII The Bougainville Landing and the Battle od Empress Augusta Bay, 27 October - 2 November 1943 By Jakson5Freak BRONZE, Indian Trail, North Carolina. The Americans lost a destroyer, Gwin, and sustained heavy damage on light cruisers Honolulu and St. Louis. ww2dbaseDuring the battle, American destroyer Porter was lost, and destroyer Smith's superstructure was damaged from a suicide attack from a torpedo bomber. The Solomon Islands were initially settled by at least 2000 bce—well before the archaeological record begins—probably by . Practically no resistance came from the crippled Japanese destroyers. <a href="https://ww2live.com/en/content/world-war-2-solomon-islands-campaign-first-major-american-amphibious-landing-world-war-ii">The Solomon Islands Campaign: First Major American ...</a> Marines in World War 2 Commemorative Series. They were immediately deployed to attack the small naval base at Viru Harbor. Enterprise managed to transfer the majority of her aircraft to Henderson Field before limping away to the southeast to fight another day. At 1515, the Japanese aircraft reached Hornet, launching six torpedoes. For inquiries about military records for members of the World War II armed forces, please see our FAQ. American forces first landed on the Solomon Islands of Guadalcanal, Tulagi and Florida on the morning of August 7, 1942. So many ships were lost by both sides during the Guadalacanal campaign that the southern end of New Georgia Sound, the area north of Guadalcanal previously called Savo Sound, became known as "Ironbottom Sound". The campaign began with Japanese landings and occupation of several areas in the British Solomon Islands and Bougainville, in the Territory of New Guinea, during the first six months of 1942. ww2dbaseFortunately for the Americans, the Japanese force was a 'pick-up' team which hadn't practiced together, and Omori tried playing a game that was a little over his head. The report was launched by the newly . The United States Navy advocated a more gradual approach from New Guinea and up the Solomon Island chain. • Normandy On the same day, a group of Japanese dive bombers and fighters unsuccessfully attacked American positions in the Russell Islands, Solomon Islands; a large number of the aircraft were destroyed. One of the Japanese tactics was to establish a series of airfields in the pacific to cut off allied supplies, and their most important would be in the Guadalcanal Island off the Solomon's. No one realized, though that when the Japanese started construction on the airfield, the Solomon Islands would soon after . Major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II, South West Pacific theatre of World War II, The British Resident Commissioner of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate and therefore nominally the commander of the Commonwealth military forces in the Solomon Islands. On 13 Dec PBY Catalina aircraft began their occasional night time bombings. Pilot Lt(jg) Charles Tabberer was one of five out of eight pilots to go missing over Tulagi. For the next 50 minutes they had deposited nearly 3,000 rounds of 6-in shells and 1,400 rounds of 5-in shells on the Japanese airfield. The Solomon Islands is an archipelago made up of nearly a thousand islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 miles northeast of Australia. <a href="https://www.who.int/westernpacific/about/how-we-work/pacific-support/news/detail/14-10-2019-solomon-islands-measles-vaccination-campaign-starts-today">Solomon Islands Measles Campaign Under Way</a> • Moscow • Tannenberg Line The Allies retook some of the Solomon Islands (although resistance continued until the end of the war), and they also isolated and neutralized some Japanese positions, which were then bypassed. Companies N and Q of the USMC 4th Raider Battalion departed New Georgia in the Solomon Islands, returning to join the rest of the battalion at Guadalcanal. However, the Japanese commander then engaged his squadron in a complex series of maneuvers which wasted the initial advantage. The other important thing to note is that, once again, the Americans had demonstrated that their destroyers (at least) were beginning to learn how to take the sting out of Japanese torpedo tactics. During Battle of Kula Gulf northwest of New Georgia, USS Helena ambushed an incoming Japanese convoy at 0157 hours, but the many gun flashes in turn made her an attractive target for Japanese gunners. The damage Shokaku sustained during this battle was so great that she was to be out of the war for the next nine months. Furthermore, with hindsight the campaign for the northern Solomon Islands might be described simply as bringing to bear preponderant American strength on isolated Japanese positions. In the early 2000s, non-native people - international dolphin traffickers - capitalizing on the low incomes in the Solomon Islands and seeing an opportunity to exploit the dolphin hunting taking place there, began paying sizable amounts to some locals to capture live bottlenose dolphins. • Eastern Romania On July 6, 1942, the Japanese moved a force consisting of troops and labourers to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands and began constructing an airfield. Bruce Gamble, Fortress Rabaul US Marine Corps Brigadier General Francis Mulcahy moved the headquarters of Aircraft, New Georgia from Rendova island to the Munda Point airfield on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. They would be aided by local Australian coast watchers and friendly locals. The Americans found the hapless Hatsukaze (Myoko was still wearing her bow when she returned to Rabaul) and sank her with gunfire. Captain Ralph Davis of Chicago evacuated his ship in about 20 minutes, and a few moments after the last of the 1,049 survivors left the ship, she sank stern first. The Solomon Islands Campaign . 170.3 km depth. US B-25 bombers machine gunned a cluster of life rafts occupied by Japanese survivors of ships sunken during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. This book, chock-full of gripping battlefield accounts and harrowing first-person narratives, draws together for the first time Allied and Japanese perspectives on the bloody contest. In the words of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet Secret Order Number One, dated November 1, 1941, the goals of the initial Japanese campaigns in the impending war were to, "(eject) British and American strength from the Netherlands Indies and the Philippines, (and) to establish a policy of autonomous self-sufficiency and economic independence. 1 G4M and 1 B5N aircraft suffered heavy damage but were able to return to Rabaul, New Britain. A few return fires came from coastal batteries, but they were generally ineffective. This is a fascinating new account of how diplomacy and politics gave way to military strategy and warfare in the Pacific. Aircraft destroyed includes both combat and operational losses. Shortly thereafter, the Japanese navy established small garrisons on the other northern and central Solomon Islands. American destroyers bombarded Japanese fuel and munitions dumps in the Stanmore area, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands. • Shumshu, • Attacks on North America As they were administratively parts of Australian New Guinea, please see the three New Guinea campaign articles (Jan 1942, 1942-1943, 1943-1945). C. Peter Chen of Lava Development, LLC. site is two fold. • Ardennes At 0600 hours, six SBD dive bombers from Henderson Field attacked a Japanese convoy 64 miles northeast of Santa Isabel Island, sinking troop transport Kinryu Maru and damaging cruiser Jintsu (24 were killed). • Leningrad At around 0100 the Isokaze's radar (erroneously) detected another American force closing from the south, at which point the Japanese retired. One month later, the Japanese Combined Fleet lost four of its fleet aircraft carriers at the Battle of Midway.[4]. The campaign starts with the invasion of Guadalcanal in 1942, moves on to New Georgia in mid 1943 and concludes with Bougainville in late 1943. • Blitzkrieg Interestingly, a relatively large task force was sent to rescue less than one battalion, but for once the Japanese would enjoy a numerical advantage as they outnumbered the American destroyers nine to six (although three of them were converted to troop carriers). The Allies countered the threats to Australia by a build-up of troops and aircraft,[8] with the aim of implementing plans to approach and reconquer the Philippines. At 1920, destroyer Anderson fired eight torpedoes as well. The Japanese then resorted to nightly resupply missions which they called "Rat Transportation" (and the Allies called "the Tokyo Express") through New Georgia Sound ("The Slot"). Australia is sending peace keeping troops to the Solomon Islands, as riots rocked the capital city of Honiara for a second day. The Solomon Islands Campaign. The few that got through the combat air patrol launched their torpedoes and fatally wounded Chicago. It was through the Solomon Islands campaign, however, that put the Allies eventually into a position where they could neutralize the Japanese base at Rabaul and make General Douglas MacArthur's return to the Philippines happen. First, it is aiming to offer interesting • Italy (Spring 1945) April 27, 2011. Finally, two aerial torpedoes struck Hornet in the engineering spaces, slowing the ship to a stop, becoming an easy target for the three quarter-ton bombs that struck her subsequently. The Solomon Islands Campaign cost the Allies approximately 7,100 men, 29 ships, and 615 aircraft. The Solomon Islands campaign was a major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II. Coast Watchers reported that a Japanese flying boat base was being built in the upper Solomon Islands. As a response, a powerful naval force of two heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and six destroyers sailed from Rabaul steamed with air cover under the command of Admiral Sentaro Omori. US Navy Ensign George L. Wrenn of VF-72 from the USS Hornet engaged Japanese aircraft attacking the US fleet. 3 parts and in total 18 missions USMC Infantry campaign. However, American radar gunfire control (which the Japanese still did not have) had allowed them to inflict rapid damage to the opposing force. The Japanese expansion reaches its limit in the archipelago of the Solomon Islands and New Guinea. Firing 5-inch shells fitted with VT proximity fuzes from her 5-inch/38 caliber guns, Ralph Talbot accounted for three bombers shot down on her own and one more shared with other ships. • Belgrade These landings initiated a series of combined-arms battles between the two adversaries, beginning with the Guadalcanal landing and continuing with several battles in the central and northern Solomons, on and around New Georgia Island, and Bougainville Island. Also part of the plan was a Navy operation to capture Tulagi in the southern Solomons. • Crossbow Before dawn, Japanese destroyers Kagero, Isokaze, Kawakaze, Mutsuki, and Yayoi bombarded Henderson Field, Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, causing little damage. • Gothic Line • • Hungary The convoy set sail riding on the front of heavy weather to hide their movement, but it was nevertheless discovered hours after their departure from Rabaul, New Britain on 1 Mar 1943. In March 1942 Admiral Ernest King, then Commander-in Chief of the U. S. Fleet, had advocated an offense from New Hebrides through the Solomon Islands to the Bismarck Archipelago. Your IP address will be tracked even if you remain anonymous. However, at the end of this night action, Japanese presence would be completely withdrawn from the central Solomons region. ww2dbaseThis article does not include events taking place on and around the island of Guadalcanal. Japanese troops occupied Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. Only six of them hit, and Hornet again failed to be sunk. The Australian-American defense relationship evolved at a later stage within the timeframe in this work, but the varying interactions between both nations throughout the interwar years are likewise addressed, as is the foundation of their ... Shigure, too, was hit by a dud torpedo as she turned away. She was able to restore use of the flight deck briefly while Nagumo's aircraft returned for fuel. After dark, a Catalina aircraft of Australian 11 Squadron maintained contact with the convoy. PM Scott Morrison said police and army personnel would provide . ww2dbaseOn 4 Jan 1943, while US Army infantry were advancing on Guadalcanal on a planned offensive, Halsey sent a fleet to bombard Munda Field to divert any aerial reinforcement that might be sent to disrupt the Army offensive. The aircraft were Japanese, and they were in an exact opposite situation, with friendly submarines stationed near Giffen's force to give them up-to-the-minute status updates. US Army 43rd Division landed on Vela Cela (and discovered no Japanese positions) and Baanga just off western New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. If so, please consider supporting us on Patreon. UNDP SECSIP is funded by the Government of Australia and the European Union. Japanese Navy Yokosuka 7th Special Naval Landing Force disembarked 1,807 men at Kolombangara, New Georgia. • • Poland Felt Report - Tell Us! Captain Robert Briscoe of the light cruiser Denver recalled how the landing troops took care of this obstacle in a brutal and unorthodox manner: ww2dbaseThe Treasury Islands were under Allied control by 6 Nov. ww2dbaseOn 1 Nov 1943, the Americans landed a large amphibious force on Bougainville under the command of Major General Turnage of the US Marines. Ralph Talbot came alongside and took aboard 300 McCawley officers and men. MacArthur, at a press conference that soon followed the Bismarck Sea action, declared that the control of the sea "no longer depends solely or even primarily upon naval power, but upon air power operating from land bases held by ground troops". She eventually sank that night after being abandoned. • Pointblank The Americans, by contrast succeeded in rescuing many of Helena's survivors. The Americans were credited with 17 Japanese aircraft shot down and 9 probables (VMF-214 alone was awarded 11 (5 of which were Boyington's) and 8, respectively), but lost pilot Bob Ewing in the action. Including the fighting in the immediate vicinity of Guadalcanal, more than a dozen battles raged in these confined waters. On November 25, they put together yet another 'Tokyo Express' of five destroyers, three of them laden with troops, and sent them out of Rabaul. The Japanese only weeks before had total control of the sea in the region; now they were forced to making supply runs only under the cover of darkness. Tourism Solomons in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture & Tourism has begun the process of initiating what CEO, Josefa 'Jo' Tuamoto' describes as a five-point plan intended to a rekindle and sustain the tourism sector's fortunes as it looks to adapt to the current - and post - COVID-19 environment. New Zealand's Pacific Frontline: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands Campaign, 1942 45|John Crawford, The Clue Of The Twisted Candle (Dodo Press)|Edgar Wallace, Action|Anthony Opal, Great Short Works Of Herman Melville (Perennial Classics)|Herman Melville In the afternoon, she received the order to intercept a Japanese troop convoy would arrive some time after dark. This is the first complete account of the Allied seizure of the Treasury Islands. Meanwhile, US Army and US Marine Corps forces continued to engage Japanese troops on New Georgia. At 0521 hours, eight US B-25 bombers tasked with finding the damaged Kumano found Kiyonami instead, scoring a hit that detonated a magazine, and Kiyonami sank within two minutes. 30 TBF Avenger aircraft of US Marine Scout-Bomber Squadron 143 and US Navy Tropedo Squadron 11 mined waters off Buin, Bougainville, Solomon Islands. Both William Halsey (in the post-battle report) and Samuel Eliot Morison (in his 1949 book) blamed Giffen's inexperience in the theater for the loss of Chicago; Giffen had just been transferred to the South Pacific only days before this battle from Casablanca. Rear Admiral George Murray did not launch his aircraft from carrier Hornet until yet another 30 minutes later. Solomon Islands - Solomon Islands - History: This section focuses specifically on the history and development of the area and country now known as Solomon Islands. In the interim, though, most of the Japanese barges had scattered, leaving only two for the Americans to find and sink. To attack Bougainville, Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet and Admiral Fitch's land-based aircraft went into MacArthur's jurisdiction. The Allies created a combined air formation, the Cactus Air Force,[d] establishing air superiority during daylight hours. Thank you. A lone B-17 bomber attacked the Japanese airfield on Ballale island, Solomon Islands. The Solomon Islands is a . Based on historical events and battles of the Solomon Islands Campaign in the Pacific during World War 2 (Some liberties taken for gameplay). The Marines soon found out that the naval bombardment "had accomplished nothing", as noted in Marine Corps' official history. In the Battle of Vella Gulf in the Solomon Islands, United States destroyers USS Dunlap, Craven, Maury, Lang, Sterett, and Stack, acting on intelligence gathered from Magic codebreaking intercepts, laid in wait for four Japanese destroyers on a night mission to bring troops to Munda on New Georgia. • Czechoslovakia The Solomon Islands campaign was a major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II because, due to this war, Japanese positions were isolated and neutralized. Battle of Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands ended with a Japanese victory and the sinking of USS Chicago. Task One was the capture of the island of Tulagi in the Solomons. Enterprise would suffer heavy damage by three bomb hits (70 were killed, 70 were injured). Simultaneously, several other reinforcement, support, and bombardment groups sortied from both Truk and Rabaul. The Solomon Islands Campaign launched with the first task of this three-part plan and started on August 7th, 1942 when US Marines landed on Guadalcanal, one of the major islands of the Solomons. Men of the US 3rd Marine Division landed at Torokina Point on the northern coast of Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, Solomon Islands; the beach was defended only by a small 300-strong garrison, but the effective Japanese defense surprised the attackers. Colony of Fiji. This opened the way for Allied forces to recapture the Philippines and cut off Japan from its crucial resource areas in the Netherlands East Indies. 39.9 km depth. Solomon Islanders can be suspicious of new ideas, or new people telling them what to do. The Allies retook some of the Solomon Islands (although resistance continued until the end of the war), and they also isolated and neutralized some Japanese positions, which were then bypassed. Task One was the capture of the island of Tulagi in the Solomons. The Solomon Islands is a very poor country. "The Slot"). American cruisers and destroyers bombarded the Japanese airfield at Munda Point, New Georgia in the Solomon Islands after sundown and into the next day. The US Northern Landing Group under Colonel Harry Liversedge landed at Rice Anchorage on the northern coast of New Georgia, Solomon Islands. Although the Japanese launched a large salvo of torpedoes, they were ineffective. See more ideas about wwii, solomons, world war ii. Kido notices a medal on display behind Smith's desk, inspects it, and realizes it's a service medal from the Solomon Islands campaign in World War II. Home ownership and a new car is a dream for most people. Ralph Talbot then scuttled Gwin with torpedoes. Although the operation is the best example of joint air effort, not only in the war, but for 50 years thereafter, there is little . Japanese aircraft attacked American positions at the Russell Islands in the Solomon Islands for the first time; these positions were manned by the US Marine Corps 11th Defense Battalion. and useful information about WW2. The Japanese offensive at Bougainville in the Solomon Islands was halted. ww2dbaseSources: The Solomon Islands campaign then converged with the New Guinea campaign. ww2dbaseThe Japanese had clearly lost this fight, failing to bring their heavy units to bear conclusively, and wiping out most of their own screening destroyers through their own ill-considered maneuvers. The Americans achieved several gunfire straddles, but failed to hit their targets. • Atomic bombings During the attack, one torpedo struck attack transport USS McCawley causing her to go dead in the water. Allied success in the Solomon Islands campaign prevented the Japanese from cutting Australia and New Zealand off from the United States. The objective of the operation was for the Japanese to extend their southern perimeter and to establish bases to support possible future advances to seize Nauru, Ocean Island, New Caledonia, Fiji, and Samoa and thereby cut the supply lines between Australia and the United States, with the goal of reducing or eliminating Australia as a threat to Japanese positions in the South Pacific. At the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, US forces achieved victory but saw USS Enterprise, USS South Dakota, and USS San Juan damaged. USS Dunlap, Craven, and Maury opened the attack by launching twenty-four Mark XV torpedoes in one minute. Solomon Islands Campaign Photographs | World War II Database. In response of the invasion, Japanese aircraft from Rabaul, New Britain, attacked the US fleet, damaging destroyer USS Wadsworth (killing 2), but at the heavy cost of 16 A6M fighters lost. For a discussion of the history of Solomon Islands in its broader, regional context, see Pacific Islands. The campaign began with Japanese landings and occupation of several areas in the British Solomon Islands and Bougainville, in the Territory of New Guinea, during the first half of 1942. FILE - U.S. Marines, with full battle kits, charge ashore on Guadalcanal Island from a landing barge during the early phase of the U.S. offensive in the Solomon Islands in Aug. 1942, during World . Out of the 23 bombs released against Enterprise, only two hits and one near-miss were scored. To check and isolate Japanese air and naval power, the Allies planned a counter-offensive . The first wave of attacks saw at least one torpedo bomber splash into the waves, and the American ships turned hard to avoid the torpedoes. On the same day, just to the south of New Georgia, the US Marine Corps 9th Defense Battalion arrived at Rendova with men, supplies, and 90mm and 150mm guns. Admiral William Halsey issued a directive for an attack in the Bougainville area in the Solomon Islands; Lieutenant General Alexander Vandegrift was to be the head of the invasion force. These landings launched Japan and the Allies into the Guadalcanal Campaign , which ran until February 9th, 1943 and ended in an Allied victory. 18 B-17 bombers began a series of raids by various types of aircraft on Munda. We hope that visitor conversations at WW2DB will be constructive and thought-provoking. • Strategic bombing, • Expulsion of Germans The Solomon Islands campaign was a major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II.The campaign began with Japanese landings and occupation of several areas in the British Solomon Islands and Bougainville, in the Territory of New Guinea, during the first six months of 1942.The Japanese occupied these locations and began the construction of several naval and air bases with the goals of . 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