landed on Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida Island in the southern Solomon Islands, with the objective of using Guadalcanal and Tulagi as bases in supporting...

Pacific War, Shima was given a combat command, and led the Tulagi invasion force that occupied Tulagi in the Solomon Islands on 3 May 1942 as part of Operation...

"Florida" derives. Tulagi in Nggela Sule was the seat of the administration of the British Solomon Islands prior to the 1942 Japanese invasion in World War...

1 oiler: Tōhō Maru Rear Admiral Aritomo Gotō in heavy cruiser Aoba Tulagi Invasion Group Rear Admiral Kiyohide Shima in minelayer Okinoshima 1 transport:...

Admiral Shima's Tulagi invasion force, which was part of "Operation Mo" (the invasion of Tulagi and Port Moresby in New Guinea). The Tulagi assault force...

near Tulagi on 1 December 1942. The PT boat in the foreground is carrying survivors from Northampton. New Orleans under a camouflage net at Tulagi undergoing...

Solomon Islands Campaigns in 1942. Kikuzuki was destroyed during the invasion of Tulagi in May. The Mutsuki class was an improved version of the Kamikaze-class...

of Cuba. The bay is historically important for the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961. The area is a site known for its diving, with an abundance of...

Shōkaku and Zuikaku. After covering the landings on Tulagi on 3 May, Shōhō headed north to cover the invasion convoy the next day and was not present when aircraft...

landed on Tulagi in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate as the opening phase of the Guadalcanal Campaign. After the capture of Tulagi, the Raiders...