The Landings at Cape Torokina (1–3 November 1943), also known as Operation Cherryblossom, took place at the beginning of the Bougainville campaign in...

consolidate after landing and give them enough time to establish a strong perimeter. The preparation for landings at Cape Torokina became known as Operation...

battle fought at night in Empress Augusta Bay near Bougainville Island. The naval battle was a result of Allied landings at Cape Torokina in the first...

Bougainville campaign of the Pacific War in the days following the US landings at Cape Torokina earlier in the month. The fighting took place inland from the...

The raid was launched to divert the Japanese from the Allied landings at Cape Torokina on Bougainville Island. United States Marines from the 2nd Parachute...

Cape Torokina is a promontory at the north end of Empress Augusta Bay, along the central part of the western coast of Bougainville, in Papua New Guinea...

(TF 39) to intercept an enemy force attempting to disrupt the landings at Cape Torokina, Bougainville. In the resulting battle of Empress Augusta Bay...

campaign and New Georgia campaign, he was fatally wounded in the Landings at Cape Torokina, Bougainville on 1 November 1943, as he led his Marine Raider...

October 1943 Bougainville campaign, November 1943 – August 1945 Landings at Cape Torokina (Operation Cherryblossom), 1–3 November 1943 Battle of Empress...

of Japanese positions in the Shortland Islands to support the Landings at Cape Torokina, Bougainville. In the early hours of 2 November, Task Force 39...