Vella Lavella is an island in the Western Province of Solomon Islands. It lies to the west of New Georgia, but is considered one of the New Georgia Group...

The Battle of Vella Lavella (第二次ベララベラ海戦, Dainiji Berarabera kaisen) was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II fought on the night of...

The Battle of Vella Lavella was fought from 15 August – 6 October 1943 between the Empire of Japan and the Allied forces from New Zealand and the United...

The name Battle of Vella Lavella may refer to three related battles between the Allies and Japan in the Solomon Islands in 1943, during the Pacific campaign...

The Vella Lavella monarch (Symposiachrus nigrotectus), is a passerine bird in the Monarch flycatcher family Monarchidae. It is endemic to the islands...

War II fought on the night of 6–7 August 1943 in Vella Gulf between Vella Lavella and Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands of the southwest Pacific. This...

minor naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought near Vella Lavella in the Solomon Islands. On the night of 17–18 August 1943, four U.S...

actions in the Kula Gulf, off Kolombangara, in the Vella Gulf, off Horaniu and off Vella Lavella. The Japanese had captured New Georgia in 1942 and built...

Bay as it attempted to evacuate land forces from Vella Lavella. In the ensuing Battle of Vella Lavella, Chevalier was torpedoed and damaged beyond repair...

problem, and a group including Bolt had to land at Barakoma Airfield on Vella Lavella. He tried to convince others to go with him to attack the ships they...

Andorra la Vella is the capital and largest city of Andorra. It is located high in the east Pyrenees, between France and Spain. It is also the name of...

nights later came the big action of the Vella Lavella and Kolombangara evacuations, the Battle of Vella Lavella. While south of New Georgia escorting a...

Islands campaign during 1943–1944, during which it undertook landings on Vella Lavella, the Treasury Islands and the Green Islands. Due to manpower shortages...

The Vella Lavella white-eye, belted white-eye, or banded white-eye (Zosterops vellalavella) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic...

was shipped to Guadalcanal and remained there until it was sent to Vella Lavella, arriving on October 14 for occupational duty. On December 4, Hayes...

October. She was covering troop evacuations at Vella Lavella during the 6–7 October Battle of Vella Lavella, and contributed to massive damage to the destroyer...

squadron makes its base on the fictional island of Vella la Cava. There is an actual island called Vella Lavella in the New Georgia Group of the Solomon Islands...

Naval Battle of Vella Lavella, during which time he successfully evacuated the 600 man Japanese garrison from the island of Vella Lavella, while repulsing...

Battalion, 1st Parachute Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, Stein fought in the Vella Lavella and Bougainville Campaigns, shooting five snipers in a single day during...

less-than-satisfactory condition. From Guadalcanal they would be moved to Munda and Vella Lavella. On the evening of 13 September 1943, the men of VMF-214 gathered in...

remained at sea for two days, ultimately making land on Japanese-occupied Vella Lavella. There, they were hidden from Japanese patrols by Solomon Islanders...

part in combat operations during the attack on Pearl Harbor and at Vella Lavella. The battalion was decommissioned on 9 June 1945 before the end of the...

Vella Gulf, 6–7 August 1943 Battle of Vella Lavella, August–October 1943 Naval Battle of Vella Lavella: 6/7 October 1943 Land Battle of Vella Lavella:...

Nonda is a stratovolcano on the island of Vella Lavella. "Nonda". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-28. Erfurt-Cooper...

World War II airfield on Vella Lavella in the Solomon Islands archipelago. The U.S. 35th Infantry Regiment landed on Vella Lavella on 15 August 1943 as part...

Munda Point forced them to reconsider. Leading up to the battle for Vella Lavella, a strategic decision, ultimately successful, had been made to bypass...

to move northwest from their base on Tulagi, to Lambu Lambu Cove, on Vella Lavella Island, a new advanced PT boat base. Over the next month, PT-59 took...

northern Bougainville the day before, began steaming north from around Vella Lavella to intercept, departing before midnight on 1/2 November. They subsequently...

156°40′E / 7.92°S 156.66°E / -7.92; 156.66Bilua (also known as Mbilua or Vella Lavella) is the most populous Papuan language spoken in the Solomon Islands...

Vella Gulf is a waterway in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands. It lies between the islands of Vella Lavella to the northwest, Kolombangara to...