✦ History

Part of World War II, Pacific War

Bougainville campaign

November 1, 1943 – August 21, 1945 · Bougainville Island

Result Allied victory

US and later Australian forces fought Japanese troops on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. The campaign lasted until the Japanese surrender in 1945.

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Allies

Axis

United States
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Douglas MacArthur military commander Alexander Vandegrift military commander Oscar Griswold military commander Robert S. Beightler military commander Roy Geiger military commander William Halsey Jr. military commander Thomas Blamey military commander Theodore Stark Wilkinson military commander
Harukichi Hyakutake military commander Jinichi Kusaka military commander Hitoshi Imamura military commander Mineichi Koga military commander

Strength and losses

Aircraft
728

United States Deaths 727

Australia Deaths 516

Units

I Marine Amphibious Corps II Corps (Australia) 3rd Division (Australia) 3rd Marine Division 93rd Infantry Division (United States) 7th Brigade (Australia) 12th Marine Littoral Regiment Paramarines 25th Battalion (Australia) 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines 61st Battalion (Australia)

Battles 1