The battle of New Georgia was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II. It was part of Operation Cartwheel, and was fought in the New Georgia group of islands in the central Solomon Islands from 10 June 1943 to August 25, 1943 between forces of Japan and the United States. Download high resolution version (2166x1699, 897 KB)Men of the weapons platoon of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 27th Regiment, United States 25th Infantry Division, push through the jungle along the Zieta Trail during the battle of New Georgia on 12 August 1943 Downloaded from the U.S. Army Center for... Patch of the United States Army 25th Infantry Division. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... 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August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ...

Background

The Japanese had captured New Georgia in 1942 and built an airbase at Munda Point which began operations in December 1942 to support the battle of Guadalcanal. As it became clear at the end of 1942 that they could not hold Guadalcanal the Japanese commanders guessed that the Allies would move towards the Japanese base at Rabual on New Britain, and that the central Solomon Islands were logical steps on the way. Battle of Guadalcanal Conflict World War II, Pacific War Date August 7, 1942 - February 9, 1943 Place Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands Result Allied victory The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the most important battles of World War II. The assault on the Japanese-occupied island of Guadalcanal by... Guadalcanal, a 2,510 square mile (6,500 km²) island in the Pacific Ocean and a province of the Solomon Islands, is largely a jungle. ... (This article is about the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. ...

The Imperial Japanese Army believed that holding the Solomon Islands would be ultimately unsuccessful and that it would be better to wait for an Allied attack on Bougainville which would be much less costly to supply and reinforce. The Imperial Japanese Navy preferred to delay the Allied advance for as long as possible by maintaining a distant line of defence. With no effective central command, the two services implemented their own plans: the navy assumed responsibility for the defence of the central Solomons and the army for the northern Solomons. The Imperial Japanese Army (大日本帝国陸軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun) was in existence from the Meiji Reformation to the end of World War II (1867 to 1945). ... This article is about the island; Bougainville is also the name of a commune in the Somme département of France. ... The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (大日本帝國海軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun) was the navy of Japan before 1945. ...

In the first part of 1943 defenses were prepared against possible Allied landings on New Georgia, Kolombangara and Santa Isabel. By June 1943 there were 10,500 troops on New Georgia and 9,000 on Kolombangara well dug in and waiting for an Allied attack. New Georgia Islands Kolombangara is an island in the New Georgia Islands group of the Solomon Islands. ... Santa Isabel may be: Santa Isabel Island, an island in the Solomon Islands Santa Isabel, Brazil, a town in Brazil Santa Isabel (volcano), a volcano in Colombia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Some Allied commanders, notably General Douglas MacArthur, had originally wanted to capture Rabaul, but Japanese strength there and lack of landing craft meant that such an operation was not practical in 1943. Instead, the Operation Cartwheel plan was developed, which proposed to envelop and cut off Rabaul without capturing it, by simultaneous advances by MacArthur along the north coast of New Guinea, and by Admiral William F. Halsey through the Solomon Islands. MacArthur landing at Leyte Beach in 1944. ... Operation Cartwheel was a US operation against the Japanese during World War II. Categories: Military stubs ... William Bull Halsey William Frederick Bull Halsey, Jr. ...

Landings

New Georgia Islands

The first Allied landings were on 20 June 1943 by the United States 4th Marine Raider Battalion at Segi Point on New Georgia itself. There was no resistance and airfield construction began there on 30 June. From 12 July planes from Segi Point provided close air support for the battle. Download high resolution version (748x650, 101 KB)Solomon Islands map (more detailed), modified and cropped from PCL map collection for whole Solomon Islands map see: [[[Image:SolomonIslandsMap. ... Download high resolution version (748x650, 101 KB)Solomon Islands map (more detailed), modified and cropped from PCL map collection for whole Solomon Islands map see: [[[Image:SolomonIslandsMap. ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, as the last day in June. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ...

On 30 June the 4th Marine Battalion captured Viru Harbor, but bad weather caused chaos at the simultaneous landings at Wickham Anchorage and Rendova Island. June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, as the last day in June. ...