Bougainville Campaign

The Bougainville campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan, named after the island of Bougainville, one of the Solomon Islands. It was part of Operation Cartwheel, the Allied grand strategy in the South Pacific.

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1943 — 1945  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Operation Cherry Blossom
battle, United States, Papua New Guinea, 

Bougainville, Bougainville, Bougainville, Bougainville, 

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Location: -6.02, 155.1, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1943-11-01T00:00:00Z

1945-08-21T00:00:00Z

1943 — 1945 Bougainville Campaign

1943-11-03T00:00:00Z

1943-11-03T00:00:00Z

1943 Landings at Cape Torokina

1944-03-08T00:00:00Z

1944-03-25T00:00:00Z

1944 Bougainville counterattack

1988-12-01T00:00:00Z

1998-04-20T00:00:00Z

1988 — 1998 Bougainville conflict

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Frameless

NZ 001445

Torokina airfield aerial view c1944

Airing the beds, Bougainville, Solomon Islands. Wellcome M0014560

Zuikaku Zero at Buin 1943

Marine rifleman on Bougainville

93rd division bougainville 1944

BougKoromokinaMarines

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

Bougainville Operation map

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

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
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		NZ 001445		Commons
commons	image		Torokina airfield aerial view c1944		Commons
commons	image		Airing the beds, Bougainville, Solomon Islands. Wellcome M0014560		Commons
commons	image		Zuikaku Zero at Buin 1943		Commons
commons	image		Marine rifleman on Bougainville		Commons
commons	image		93rd division bougainville 1944		Commons
commons	image		BougKoromokinaMarines		Commons
commons	image		StateLibQld 1 124102 Infantry and equipment crossing over newly built bridges, Bougainville, ca. 1945		Commons
commons	image		Bougainville Operation map		Commons
commons	image		StateLibQld 1 124150 Rafting the troops across the river, Bougainville, ca. 1945		Commons