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The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, fought during 25–27 October 1942, sometimes referred to as the Battle of Santa Cruz or Third Battle of Solomon Sea, in Japan as the Battle of the South Pacific (Japanese: 南太平洋海戦 Minamitaiheiyō kaisen), was the fourth aircraft carrier battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II.
South East Asian campaigns: 1941-12-08 – 1945-08-15 [ 12 ] Burma Campaign : 1941-12-16 – 1945-08-15 October 1943 – March 1945 Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
The General Staff (参謀本部, Sanbō Honbu) of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) was responsible for Imperial Japanese Army ground and air units in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. The IJN and IJA did not formally use joint/combined staff at the operational level, and their command structures/geographical areas of operations overlapped ...
The South West Pacific theatre, during World War II, was a major theatre of the war between the Allies and the Axis.It included the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies (except for Sumatra), Borneo, Australia and its mandate Territory of New Guinea (including the Bismarck Archipelago) and the western part of the Solomon Islands.
Cartwheel (1943–1944) — Major offensives in the South West Pacific Area, aimed at isolating the major Japanese base at Rabaul. Chronicle (1943) — landings at Woodlark Island and Kiriwina, New Guinea; Toenails (1943) — landings at New Georgia; Postern (1943) — assault on Lae, Papua New Guinea.
With the arrival of USS Hornet in the South Pacific Area in late August, the number of operational Allied fleet carriers in the Pacific theater was two. The day after the Battle of Bloody Ridge, however, Wasp took torpedo hits from submarines I-15 and I-19 and sank while with Hornet escorting a convoy transporting the 7th Marine Regiment to ...
Battles and operations of World War II involving the Solomon Islands (2 C, 45 P) South West Pacific theatre of World War II (10 C, 224 P) World War II operations and battles of the Southeast Asia Theatre (2 C, 42 P)
South–West Pacific Area – First Year: Kokoda to Wau. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Vol. V. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 3134247. Morison, Samuel Eliot (2001) [1949]. Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, May 1942 – August 1942, vol. 4 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Champaign, Illinois ...