Seventeenth Army (Japan)
Army · Japan · May 18, 1942 – September 2, 1945
Japanese army under Harukichi Hyakutake that fought and lost Guadalcanal, then held Bougainville until the end of the war.
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People who served 1
Movements
- May 18, 1942 Formed at Rabaul Map
- September 12–14, 1942 Battle of Edson's Ridge
- October 9, 1942 Guadalcanal campaign Hyakutake lands on Guadalcanal Map
- October 23–26, 1942 Battle for Henderson Field
- December 15, 1942 – January 23, 1943 Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse
- February 7, 1943 Evacuated from Cape Esperance Map
- June 30, 1943 – March 20, 1944 Operation Cartwheel
- November 1, 1943 Bougainville Map
- March 8–25, 1944 Bougainville counterattack
- September 2, 1945 Surrenders on Bougainville Map