The Landings at Cape Torokina (1–3 November 1943), also known as Operation Cherryblossom, took place at the beginning of the Bougainville campaign in...
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consolidate after landing and give them enough time to establish a strong perimeter. The preparation for landings at Cape Torokina became known as Operation...
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battle fought at night in Empress Augusta Bay near Bougainville Island. The naval battle was a result of Allied landings at Cape Torokina with the bay...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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USS Spence (section Battle of Cape St. George)
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...
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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...
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(TF 39) to intercept an enemy force attempting to disrupt the landings at Cape Torokina, Bougainville. In the resulting battle of Empress Augusta Bay...
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on 2 November for her eighth war patrol, coordinated with the landings at Cape Torokina. Patrolling between the Carolines and New Ireland, she sank the...
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