New Georgia Campaign

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World War II campaign military campaign

The New Georgia Campaign was a World War II Allied offensive in the Solomon Islands aimed at capturing the Japanese-held island of New Georgia and its vital airfields as part of the broader strategy to neutralize Rabaul.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
New Georgia campaign	17
New Georgia Campaign canonical	2
New Georgia landings	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
aimedAt	weakening Japanese stronghold at Rabaul ⓘ
belligerent	Allied forces ⓘ Japan ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
campaignType	island-hopping operation ⓘ
commanderAllied	John H. Hester ⓘ Oscar W. Griswold ⓘ William Halsey Jr. ⓘ
commanderJapanese	Minoru Sasaki ⓘ Noboru Sasaki NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
endDate	1943-10-07 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Bougainville ⓘ surface form: Bougainville campaign
includesBattle	Battle of Bairoko ⓘ Battle of Enogai ⓘ Battle of Munda Point ⓘ Battle of New Georgia ⓘ Battle of Vella Lavella ⓘ
keyObjective	Munda airfield ⓘ Vila airfield ⓘ
location	New Georgia ⓘ New Georgia Islands ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ
notableFeature	difficult terrain and heavy jungle ⓘ logistical challenges for Allied forces ⓘ
objective	capture Japanese airfields on New Georgia ⓘ capture New Georgia ⓘ support isolation of Rabaul ⓘ
opponentForceType	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
partOf	Allied offensive to neutralize Rabaul ⓘ Pacific War ⓘ Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal campaign
region	southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Southwest Pacific
result	Allied victory ⓘ
startDate	1943-06-30 ⓘ
strategicContext	Operation Cartwheel ⓘ
tacticUsed	amphibious landings ⓘ close air support ⓘ jungle warfare ⓘ naval gunfire support ⓘ
theater	South Pacific Area command ⓘ surface form: South Pacific Area