Bougainville Campaign

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

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

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Battle for Piva Trail – Battle of Hellzapoppin Ridge and Hill 600A – Battle of Koromokina Lagoon – Battle of Piva Forks – Bougainville conflict – Pacific War – 

1943-11-01T00:00:00Z

1943-11-01

1945-08-21T00:00:00Z

1945-08-21

1944-03-08T00:00:00Z

Bougainville counterattack 1944

1988-12-01T00:00:00Z

Bougainville conflict 1988

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Frameless

BougKoromokinaMarines

Buka airfield aerial vew1 c1944

Buka airfield aerial view2 c1944

Code talkers on Bougainville, 1943 (7973456676)

General – Aircraft – Black and White

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)

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 airfield aerial view c1944

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	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
conflict	1944	Bougainville counterattack	conflict		Wikidata
war	1988	Bougainville conflict	conflict, civil war		Wikidata
image		BougKoromokinaMarines			Wikimedia
image		Buka airfield aerial vew1 c1944			Wikimedia
image		Buka airfield aerial view2 c1944			Wikimedia
image		Code talkers on Bougainville, 1943 (7973456676)			Wikimedia
image		General – Aircraft – Black and White			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		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 airfield aerial view c1944			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

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