Battle of Empress Augusta Bay

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The Battle of Empress Augusta Bay was a World War II naval engagement in November 1943 in which U.S. forces defeated the Imperial Japanese Navy off Bougainville, helping secure Allied control in the Solomon Islands campaign.


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