Raid on Choiseul
Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II
Map of the raid on Choeiseul
Date October 28 - November 3, 1943 Location Choiseul in the Solomon Islands Result Allied tactical victory
Combatants
United States Australia	Empire of Japan
Commanders
Victor H. Krulak	Harukichi Hyakutake
Strength
750[1]	3,000-7,000[2]
Casualties
13 killed[3]	143 killed, two barges sunk[4]

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The Raid on Choiseul was a small unit engagement that occurred from October 28 to November 3, 1943, during the Solomon Islands campaign. United States Marines from the 2nd Parachute Battalion, led by LtCol Victor "Brute" Krulak landed on Choiseul in the northern Solomon Islands and carried out raids over a 25 mile area over the course of seven days. The raid was meant to divert Japanese attention from the planned Allied landings on the west coast of Bougainville at Empress Augusta Bay. Instead, the Allies hoped that the raid would cause the Japanese to believe the landings would be on the east side of Bougainville. US landings in the Pacific, 1941–1945 The Pacific War was the part of World War II — and preceding conflicts — that occurred in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in East Asia, between July 7, 1937, and August 14, 1945. ... 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During the course of the operation, Krulak's 650 man battalion killed 143 Japanese troops, losing 14 marines (12 killed in action, 2 MIA), in actions later described by Major General Roy Geiger as, "a series of short right jabs designed to throw the enemy off balance and conceal the real power of the left hook to his midriff at Empress Augusta Bay." ^[5] Roy Geiger Roy Stanley Geiger (January 25, 1885 - January 23, 1947) was a United States Marine Corps general who, during World War II, became the first Marine to lead an army. ...

References

Notes

Books

• Christ, James F. (2006). Mission Raise Hell: The U.S. Marines on Choiseul, October-November 1943. Annapolis, MD, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-113-3.
• Gailey, Harry A. (1991). “The Treasuries and Choiseul”, Bougainville, 1943-1945: The Forgotten Campaign. Lexington, Kentucky, USA: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-9047-9.- neutral review of this book here:[1]
• McGee, William L. (2002). “Bougainville Campaign”, The Solomons Campaigns, 1942-1943: From Guadalcanal to Bougainville--Pacific War Turning Point, Volume 2 (Amphibious Operations in the South Pacific in WWII). BMC Publications. ISBN 0-9701678-7-3.
• Morison, Samuel Eliot (1958). Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, vol. 6 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Castle Books. 0785813071.

RAdm Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976), USN historian Samuel Eliot Morison, RAdm, USNR (July 9, 1887 – May 15, 1976) was an American historian, notable for producing scholarly works that were both authoritative and highly readable, an ability recognized with two Pulitzer Prizes. ... The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II is a 15-volume account of the United States Navy in World War II, written by eminent historian Samuel Eliot Morison and published by Little, Brown and Company between 1947 and 1962. ...

External links

• Chapin, John C. (1997). TOP OF THE LADDER: Marine Operations in the Northern Solomons (English). World War II Commemorative series pp. 1. Marine Corps History and Museums Division. Retrieved on August 30, 2006. Also available at: [2]
• Hoffman, Jon T.. SILK CHUTES AND HARD FIGHTING: US. Marine Corps Parachute Units in World War II: Choiseul (English). Commemorative series pp. 1. Marine Corps History and Museums Division. Retrieved on May 30, 2006.
• Fuquea, David C. (1997). Bougainville: The Amphibious Assault Enters Maturity (English). Naval War College Review, Vol. L, No. 1. Retrieved on May 30, 2006.
• Miller, John, Jr. (1959). CARTWHEEL: The Reduction of Rabaul (English). United States Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific pp. 418. Office of the Chief of Military History, U.S. Department of the Army. Retrieved on Oct 20, 2006.
• Rentz, John M. (1946). Bougainville and the Northern Solomons (English). USMC Historical Monograph. Historical Branch, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Retrieved on October 18, 2006.
• Shaw, Henry I.; Douglas T. Kane (1963). Volume II: Isolation of Rabaul. History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II. Retrieved on 2006-10-18.

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