Operation Cartwheel (1943 – 1944) was a major military operation undertaken by the Allies in the Pacific theatre of World War II. The ultimate goal of...
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Raid on Choiseul (redirect from Operation Blissful)
Isolation of Rabaul, p. 194. Miller, Cartwheel: The Reduction of Rabaul, pp. 236–237. Bradsher, Greg (15 August 2016). "Operation Blissful". Prologue Magazine...
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Look up cartwheel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cartwheel or Cartwheels may refer to: The wheel of a cart Cartwheel (gymnastics), an acrobatic maneuver...
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New Georgia campaign (redirect from Operation Toenails)
II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan. It was part of Operation Cartwheel, the Allied strategy in the South Pacific to isolate the Japanese...
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Bougainville campaign (category Operation Cartwheel)
island of Bougainville, one of the Solomon Islands. It was part of Operation Cartwheel, the Allied grand strategy in the South Pacific. The campaign took...
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Battle of the Treasury Islands (redirect from Operation Goodtime)
of the overarching Allied strategy developed under the guise of Operation Cartwheel. The islands were endowed with a deep natural harbour – Blanche Harbour –...
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Battle of Arawe (redirect from Operation Director)
Britain campaign of World War II. The battle formed part of the Allied Operation Cartwheel and was a diversion before a larger landing at Cape Gloucester in...
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formed part of the wider Operation Cartwheel, the advance towards Rabaul. An early planning name for this operation was Operation Coronet. Preliminary actions...
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siblings Roosevelt & Cross U.S. Army in World War II, The War in the Pacific – Operation Cartwheel, The Reduction of Rabaul, New Guinea, US Army War College...
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G.I.s from the 25th Infantry Division in the jungle of Vella Lavella in the Solomon Islands, during Operation Cartwheel on 13 September 1943...
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Landing on Emirau (category Operation Cartwheel)
The Landing on Emirau was the last of the series of operations that made up Operation Cartwheel, General Douglas MacArthur's strategy for the encirclement...
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126th Infantry. On 2 January 1944, the 32nd Division took part in Operation Cartwheel, part of MacArthur's "leap-frog" operational plan to take strategic...
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Battle of Cape Gloucester (redirect from Operation Backhander)
1943 and 16 January 1944. Codenamed Operation Backhander, the US landing formed part of the wider Operation Cartwheel, the main Allied strategy in the South...
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Admiralty Islands campaign (redirect from Operation Brewer)
Pacific. This campaign marked the end of MacArthur's Operation Cartwheel, which was a multi-theater operation conducted to turn the powerful Japanese base of...
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Landing at Saidor (redirect from Operation Michaelmas)
early 1944 was dominated by General Douglas MacArthur's Operation Cartwheel, a series of operations directed at isolating and neutralising Rabaul, the main...
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Malahang Mission Station, Lae (category Operation Cartwheel)
6°42′18″S 147°01′35″E / 6.705052°S 147.02627°E / -6.705052; 147.02627 The Malahang Mission Station is a Lutheran filial station situated in Malahang...
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Operation Dexterity was a military operation, part of Operation Cartwheel in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) for the Allies in the Pacific theater...
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Battle of Rabaul (1942) (redirect from Operation R)
eventually pushed back towards Buna–Gona by early 1943. As part of Operation Cartwheel, throughout 1943–1945, Allied forces later sought to isolate the...
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Dracula – 2 May 1945 Operation Zipper South West Pacific Area Battle of Goodenough Island – 22 October 1942 Operation Cartwheel – 1943–1944 – Commanded...
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Salamaua–Lae campaign (redirect from Operation Postern)
also diverted attention from Lae, which was a major objective of Operation Cartwheel, the Allied grand strategy for the South Pacific. It was decided...
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another part of Operation Cartwheel. 4: Exiled Polish leader General Władysław Sikorski dies in an air crash in Gibraltar. 5: Operation Citadel (the Battle...
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Battle of Sio (category Operation Cartwheel)
Aitape in April far behind enemy lines. General Douglas MacArthur's Operation Cartwheel began with spectacular victories in the landing at Lae and the landing...
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Guadalcanal campaign (redirect from Operation Watchtower)
initiative which they never relinquished. In June, the Allies launched Operation Cartwheel which, after modification in August 1943, formalized the strategy...
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battled the Japanese stronghold. After Okinawa, 2/7 was part of the Operation Beleaguer in China where they went to repatriate the Japanese forces there...
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Landing at Nadzab (category Operation Cartwheel)
Operation (Master of Arts thesis). Louisiana State University. Retrieved 25 February 2009. Miller, John Jr (1959). The War in the Pacific: CARTWHEEL:...
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commands of General MacArthur and Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. in Operation Cartwheel had isolated the large Japanese South Pacific base at Rabaul, New...
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Battle of Munda Point (category Battles and operations of World War II involving the Solomon Islands)
further operations in New Guinea, as part of the effort to reduce the main Japanese base around Rabaul under the guise of Operation Cartwheel. Capture...
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Hopoi Mission Station (category Operation Cartwheel)
The Hopoi Mission Station is a Lutheran filial station situated in Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea now under the auspice of the Evangelical Lutheran...
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flew the SBD Dauntless and participated in Operation Cartwheel, the Battle of Bougainville and operations in and around Rabaul. The squadron was decommissioned...
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in Operation Cartwheel, the campaign to isolate and neutralize the Japanese base at Rabaul in New Britain. Following the completion of Cartwheel, Sixth...
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