Cartwheel

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Cartwheel was a major World War II Allied military campaign in the Pacific aimed at isolating and neutralizing the Japanese stronghold of Rabaul through a series of coordinated offensives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied military operation
World War II campaign
military campaign
alsoKnownAs Operation Cartwheel
belligerent Allies
Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
commander Douglas MacArthur
William Halsey Jr.
surface form: William F. Halsey Jr.
componentOperation Admiralty Islands campaign
Battle of Bougainville
surface form: Bougainville campaign

Huon Peninsula campaign
Salamaua–Lae campaign
surface form: Lae–Salamaua campaign

New Georgia Campaign
surface form: New Georgia campaign

air offensive against Rabaul
conflict World War II
country Australia
New Zealand
United States of America
surface form: United States
effect Japanese base at Rabaul neutralized as major threat
Rabaul isolated
endDate 1944-01-01
followedBy Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945)
surface form: Philippines campaign (1944–1945)
involvedForce Australian Army
Royal Australian Navy
Royal New Zealand Air Force
United States Army
United States Marine Corps
United States Navy
location Bismarck Archipelago
surface form: Bismarck Archipelago region

Solomon Islands
surface form: Solomon Islands region

southwest Pacific Ocean
surface form: Southwest Pacific
militaryDomain air warfare
amphibious warfare
land warfare
opposedBy Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Navy
partOf Allied offensive in the Pacific
plannedBy Allied Joint Chiefs of Staff
precededBy Battle of Guadalcanal
surface form: Guadalcanal campaign
primaryObjective isolate Rabaul
neutralize Rabaul
result Allied victory
startDate 1943-06-30
strategicConcept bypassing strongpoints
island hopping
strategyDesigner Douglas MacArthur
William Halsey Jr.
surface form: William F. Halsey Jr.
target Rabaul
theater Pacific War

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Operation Cartwheel alsoKnownAs Cartwheel