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Battle on Buka Street is a 2022 Nigerian comedy drama film directed by Funke Akindele and Tobi Makinde. [2] The film is jointly produced as a collaboration between Funke Ayotunde Akindele Network (FAAN) and FilmOne Studios. [3] The film had its theatrical release on 16 December 2022 and opened to extremely positive reviews from critics.
The Battle of Cape St. George was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II fought on 25 November 1943, between Cape St. George, New Ireland, and Buka Island (now part of the North Solomons Province in Papua New Guinea). It was the last engagement of surface ships in the Solomon Islands campaign.
The Japanese mounted a final attack on the night of 23–24 March, which made some progress but was then thrown back. On 27 March, the Americal Division drove the Japanese off of Hill 260, and the battle came to a close. [67] During the Battle of the Perimeter, AirSols aircraft continued bombing Rabaul completely reducing its offensive capability.
After the occupation of Buka and Bougainville, the Japanese began constructing airfields across the island. [1] The main airfields were on Buka Island, on the nearby Bonis Peninsula, and at Kahili and Kieta, [ 1 ] while naval bases were also constructed at Buin in the south and on the nearby Shortland Islands . [ 2 ]
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Buka is a relatively flat island some 52 kilometres (32 miles) long in the north–south axis, and up to 18 kilometres (11 miles) wide in the west–east axis. It is separated from Bougainville by the Buka Passage, a narrow, deep and very fast flowing tidal channel about 200 metres (660 feet) wide.
A 1943 aerial photograph of the Buka Passage between Bougainville Island (left) and Buka Island (right). Buka Passage is a narrow strait that separates Buka Island from the northern part of Bougainville Island, within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of northeastern Papua New Guinea.
Buka is a town located on the southern coast of Buka Island, in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in eastern Papua New Guinea. [1] It is administered under Buka Rural LLG . [ 2 ] It is the capital of the North Bougainville District and the interim capital of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.