Bougainville Campaign

allied reconquest of the island of Bougainville in the South Pacific from the Japanese forces who occupied it in 1942

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1943 — 1945 battle, Bougainville counterattack, Pacific War, Papua New Guinea, 

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Location: -6.13333333, 155.3, ///anyplace.prosecutors.blemishes, Google, Bing, Aerial View, OldMapsOnline, ESRI Imagery, Historic Markers, KML

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  Battle for Piva Trail 1943
  
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  Battle of Hellzapoppin Ridge and Hill 600A 1943
  
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  Battle of Koromokina Lagoon 1943
  
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  Bougainville Campaign 1943
  

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1943-11-09T00:00:00Z

Battle for Piva Trail

1943-12-24T00:00:00Z

Battle of Hellzapoppin Ridge and Hill 600A

1943-11-08T00:00:00Z

Battle of Koromokina Lagoon

1943-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bougainville Campaign

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BougKoromokinaMarines

General – Aircraft – Black and White

General – Communications, Ordnance, Missile

Group of No. 17 Squadron pilots with a Kittyhawk at Torokina, Bougainville

Ira Kepford's Number 29 Vought F4U-1A Corsair (Ray Wagner Collection Image (16344668175))

M1A1 flamethrower fired at bunker

Marine-war-dogs

NZ 001445

NewZealandersGreenIslands

Pearl Ridge on Bougainville (AWM image OG2147)

Soldiers of the 93rd Infantry Division (United States) "Cautiously advancing through the jungle, while on patrol in Japanese territory off the Numa-Numa Trail - NARA - 531184 (cropped)

StateLibQld 1 124102 Infantry and equipment crossing over newly built bridges, Bougainville, ca. 1945

StateLibQld 1 124146 Rafting across the river at Bougainville, ca. 1944

StateLibQld 1 124150 Rafting the troops across the river, Bougainville, ca. 1945

StateLibQld 1 184951 Taking a spell while rafting across the river, Bougainville, ca. 1944

Tired member of VF-17 pauses under squadron scoreboard at Bougainville HD-SN-99-02854

Torokina perimeter devastation March 1944

US 754th Tank Battalion on Bougainville March 1944

Vought F4U-1 Corsairs on Bougainville in mid-December 1943 (80-G-K-382)

Type	Description	Date	Keywords	Notes	Source
link	Freebase entry@				Wikidata
conflict	Battle for Piva Trail	1943	battle		Wikidata
conflict	Battle of Hellzapoppin Ridge and Hill 600A	1943	battle		Wikidata
conflict	Battle of Koromokina Lagoon	1943	battle		Wikidata
conflict	Bougainville Campaign	1943	battle		Wikidata
image	BougKoromokinaMarines				Wikimedia
image	General – Aircraft – Black and White				Wikimedia
image	General – Communications, Ordnance, Missile				Wikimedia
image	Group of No. 17 Squadron pilots with a Kittyhawk at Torokina, Bougainville				Wikimedia
image	Ira Kepford's Number 29 Vought F4U-1A Corsair (Ray Wagner Collection Image (16344668175))				Wikimedia
image	M1A1 flamethrower fired at bunker				Wikimedia
image	Marine-war-dogs				Wikimedia
image	NZ 001445				Wikimedia
image	NewZealandersGreenIslands				Wikimedia
image	Pearl Ridge on Bougainville (AWM image OG2147)				Wikimedia
image	"Cautiously%20advancing%20through%20the%20jungle,%20while%20on%20patrol%20in%20Japanese%20territory%20off%20the%20Numa-Numa%20Trail%20-%20NARA%20-%20531184%20(cropped).jpg Soldiers of the 93rd Infantry Division (United States) "Cautiously advancing through the jungle, while on patrol in Japanese territory off the Numa-Numa Trail - NARA - 531184 (cropped)				Wikimedia
image	StateLibQld 1 124102 Infantry and equipment crossing over newly built bridges, Bougainville, ca. 1945				Wikimedia
image	StateLibQld 1 124146 Rafting across the river at Bougainville, ca. 1944				Wikimedia
image	StateLibQld 1 124150 Rafting the troops across the river, Bougainville, ca. 1945				Wikimedia
image	StateLibQld 1 184951 Taking a spell while rafting across the river, Bougainville, ca. 1944				Wikimedia
image	Tired member of VF-17 pauses under squadron scoreboard at Bougainville HD-SN-99-02854				Wikimedia
image	Torokina perimeter devastation March 1944				Wikimedia
image	US 754th Tank Battalion on Bougainville March 1944				Wikimedia
image	Vought F4U-1 Corsairs on Bougainville in mid-December 1943 (80-G-K-382)				Wikimedia