Treasury Islands
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The Treasury Islands are a small group of islands in the western Solomon Islands, notable as a strategic World War II battleground in the Pacific theater.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archipelago
ⓘ
island group ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Western Province Government of Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| airfieldBuiltOn | Stirling Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| airfieldUsedBy | Allied aircraft ⓘ |
| airfieldUsedFor |
operations against Rabaul
ⓘ
support of Bougainville landings ⓘ |
| climate | tropical rainforest climate ⓘ |
| country | Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| defendedBy | Imperial Japanese forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Melanesians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIsland |
Mono Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stirling Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Mono language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pijin ⓘ |
| hasLargestIsland | Mono Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| hasSettlement |
Falamae (variant spelling)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Falamai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | establishment of Allied base in late 1943 ⓘ |
| invadedBy |
New Zealand 3rd Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| invasionDate | 27 October 1943 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Melanesia
ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Province, Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Bougainville Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Georgia Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Shortland Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
British Solomon Islands Protectorate (historical)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Solomon Islands archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| siteOf |
Allied invasion of the Treasury Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of the Treasury Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereignState | Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicFor |
Allied advance up the Solomon Islands chain
ⓘ
operations against Bougainville ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | Solomon Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timezone | UTC+11 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Allied forces in World War II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
logistics and staging area for Allied operations
ⓘ
naval base during World War II ⓘ |
| wasBattlegroundIn |
Pacific War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Solomon Islands campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Western Province (Solomon Islands)