Landings at Cape Torokina

The Landings at Cape Torokina, also known as Operation Cherryblossom, took place at the beginning of the Bougainville campaign in World War II. The amphibious landings were carried out by elements of the United States Marine Corps in November 1943 on Bougainville Island in the South Pacific, as part of Allied efforts to advance towards the main Japanese base around Rabaul under Operation Cartwheel. Coming in the wake of Allied successes at Guadalcanal and in the central Solomons, the landings were intended to secure a beachhead with the purpose of establishing several bases from which to project air and naval power closer towards Rabaul, in an effort to neutralize the large Japanese force that had been established there.

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1943  Wikimedia, Wikidata
battle, Papua New Guinea, 

Lom, 

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Location: -6.235, 155.035, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1943 Landings at Cape Torokina

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1943 Battle of Empress Augusta Bay

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1943 — 1945 Bougainville Campaign

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1944 Bougainville counterattack

1988-12-01T00:00:00Z

1998-04-20T00:00:00Z

1988 — 1998 Bougainville conflict

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Frameless

Situation on Bougainville as of 15 Dec 1943

Landing bougainville

Third Marines hotly engaged on Blue Beach (Bougainville)

LCVP landing craft circle

Japanese Counterlanding 7 November 1943

Bougainville USMC Photo No. 1-16 (21599938795)

3 Blue Beach

Dive bomber at Torokina on D-Day morning

3rd Marines Landing at Cape Torokina (Bougainville)

Marine Cpl William Coffron fires at Jap sniper from behind a tree on Puruata island. (49685264758)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1943	Battle of Empress Augusta Bay	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1943	Bougainville Campaign	United States, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1943	Landings at Cape Torokina	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Bougainville counterattack	offensive	Wikidata
event	war	1988	Bougainville conflict	civil war, conflict	Wikidata
commons	image		Situation on Bougainville as of 15 Dec 1943		Commons
commons	image		Landing bougainville		Commons
commons	image		Third Marines hotly engaged on Blue Beach (Bougainville)		Commons
commons	image		LCVP landing craft circle		Commons
commons	image		Japanese Counterlanding 7 November 1943		Commons
commons	image		Bougainville USMC Photo No. 1-16 (21599938795)		Commons
commons	image		3 Blue Beach		Commons
commons	image		Dive bomber at Torokina on D-Day morning		Commons
commons	image		3rd Marines Landing at Cape Torokina (Bougainville)		Commons
commons	image		Marine Cpl William Coffron fires at Jap sniper from behind a tree on Puruata island. (49685264758)		Commons