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	Battle of Empress Augusta Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Empress Augusta Bay was a land and naval battle in the Pacific campaign of World War II fought on the night of 1-2 November, 1943 on Bougainville, an island in the Solomon Islands group, but part of the Territory of New Guinea.
		The battle was part of a broader Allied strategy aimed at isolating and surrounding the major Japanese base at Rabaul.
		The bay had been chosen because it was at the outer limit of Allied fighter plane range and the numerically-superior Japanese 17th Area Army was concentrated at other, more strategic sites.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Empress_Augusta_Bay (535 words)

	Battle of Tassafaronga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Tassafaronga was a naval battle fought between United States and Japanese forces on 30 November 1942.
		The battle occurred in the channel between Guadalcanal and Savo Island, and was named after the Japanese base Tassafaronga on Guadalcanal, the destination of the destroyer squadron; this battle has also been called a later "Battle of Savo Island" or the "Battle of Lunga Point".
		Following the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal the Japanese command doubted their ability to retake the island and began to look at New Georgia, to the north of Guadalcanal, as a base from which they could thwart the American advance in the Solomons.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Tassafaronga (613 words)

	Battle of Guadalcanal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The "Battle of Edson's Ridge" began on September 11th and continued until the 14th before the attack was finally beaten back by the Marines.
		In the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, however, the transports carrying this reinforcement were badly damaged and the division was reduced to the strength of a regiment.
		Although the Battle of Midway is widely considered to be the turning point in the Pacific theater, it was really only a naval defeat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Guadalcanal (1268 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Empress Augusta Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Battle of Rennell Island Conflict World War II, Pacific War Date 29 January 1943 – 30 January 1943 Place Rennell Island, Solomon Islands Result Japanese victory The Battle of Rennell Island was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II fought on 29 January – 30 January 1943 between...
		Battle off Horaniu Conflict World War II, Pacific War Date August 17, 1943 – August 18, 1943 Place Near Vella Lavella in the Solomon Islands Result Japanese strategic victory The Battle off Horaniu was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II fought on the night of August...
		Battle of Vella Lavella Conflict World War II, Pacific War Date October 7, 1943 Place Vella Lavella in the Solomon Islands Result Japanese victory The Battle of Vella Lavella was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II fought on the night of October 6, 1943 near...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Empress-Augusta-Bay (2126 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle-of-Guadalcanal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The naval Battle of Guadalcanal took place on 13 - 15 November 1942 and was of one of a series of naval battles that took place between Allied and Japanese forces during the months-long Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
		Battle of Empress Augusta Bay Conflict World War II, Pacific War Date 1 – 2 November 1943 Place Bougainville, New Guinea Result Decisive Allied victory The Battle of Empress Augusta Bay was a land and naval battle in the Pacific campaign of World War II fought on the night of 1...
		Battle of Milne Bay Conflict World War II, Pacific War Date August 25, 1942 – September 5, 1942 Place Milne Bay, New Guinea Result Allied victory The Battle of Milne Bay was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Guadalcanal (4016 words)

	Battle of Kolombangara, July 13, 1943, by Vincent P. O'Hara
		Following the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal the Japanese were conservative -- even stingy -- in their use of major ships to contest the Allies drive up the Solomon chain.
		Merrill's greatest asset in night surface battles (this was his second) was that when he concluded it was time to use his guns, he used them.
		Empress Augusta Bay was a clear American victory.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/battles/empress_augusta_bay.htm (3451 words)

	Battle of Kula Gulf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Kula Gulf was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought in the early hours of 6 July 1943, between United States and Japanese ships off the coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands.
		On 5 July, Task Group 36.1, commanded by Rear Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth, and consisting of light cruisers Helena, Honolulu, and St.
		Amagiri got away and later was the ship that cut PT-109 in half in Blackett Strait.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Kula_Gulf (364 words)

	HyperWar: USSBS: Campaigns of the Pacific War
		Following the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, the Japanese continuously reinforced their Guadalcanal garrison with personnel from the Ikki and Kawaguchi units by means of destroyer transports.
		During the battle the United States destroyer Duncan, which had closed to attack with torpedoes, was caught in a position between the two forces and fired on by both, receiving such damage that she sank the next day.
		Following the Battle of Guadalcanal, 12-15 November, all plans to recapture that island were abandoned by the Japanese, and all their efforts were directed instead toward making its final capture by the Americans as expensive as possible.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/AAF/USSBS/PTO-Campaigns/USSBS-PTO-7.html (6917 words)

	Japanese cruiser Haguro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Haguro was laid down at the Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki on 16 March 1925, launched and named on 24 March 1928, and was commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 25 April 1929.
		On 19 June 1944 she survived the battle of the Philippine Sea, and on 23 October – on 25 October 1944 she took light damage in the battle of Leyte Gulf, before finally being sunk in the Indian Ocean on 16 May 1945.
		Haguro under attack at Rabaul on 2 November 1943, showing damage received in the battle of Empress Augusta Bay that morning.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Haguro (222 words)

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		The bay, located at some distance from the heavily defended airfields at either end of the island, had what appeared to be the most suitable beaches for a landing.
		Battle of Empress Augusta Bay The evening of the landing, Army reconnaissance aircraft reported that a large Japanese surface force was heading for Bougainville.
		Thus, no Japanese forces were withdrawn from either end of the island to root out the American invasion, and the Americans had the opportunity to solidify their positions.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/wwii/facts/bougbttl.txt (1597 words)

	DD-478 DANFS
		Though the cruisers of Rear Admiral Merrill's TF 39 were the star of the ensuing battle Capt.
		The Battle of Empress Augusta Bay claimed one enemy cruiser, Sendai, and the destroyer already mentioned, but, more importantly, Admiral Omori retired northward without accomplishing his mission, the landing of reinforcements at Cape Torokina.
		On 24 March, Stanly exited Purvis Bay and, by the 30th, was cruising in the screen of Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher's Fast Carrier Task Force as it launched planes against the Palau Islands.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/destroy/dd478txt.htm (2194 words)

	Target Rabaul: Campaigns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fortunately for them the Battle of the Coral Sea and Guadalcanal burst on the scene before the Japanese could build up their forces in New Guinea, otherwise they would have taken Port Moresby by storm.
		The battle for Guadalcanal still rages, and won't finish until the last Japanese soldier is withdrawn on 8th February, 1943.
		The main issue of this strategy though is that the US Navy would still have had to win major naval battles over the Japanese, which would not have been so easy as the Japanese Navy would have been in a stronger situation.
	www.targetrabaul.com /campaigns.html (2962 words)

	Pacific Naval Battles
		Pacific Naval Battles in World War II The Pacific War was the largest naval conflict in history.
		Every conceivable type of naval activity was represented: carrier aviation battles, surface engagements, bitterly fought night-fights, the largest amphibious landings of the entire war, and the stealthy, brutal battles waged by and against submarines.
		#8 = Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, November 2, 1943
	www.combinedfleet.com /map.htm (492 words)

	Claxton DD-571
		In March 1943 Claxton patrolled briefly in Casco Bay Maine, awaiting the possible sortie of German battleship Von Tirpitz from Norwegian waters.
		In the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay on the night of 1-2 November 1943, Claxton, with four cruisers and seven other destroyers, fired her torpedoes in an attack which turned back a Japanese force of four cruisers and six destroyers sailing to attack transports off Bougainville, sinking two and damaging four of the enemy ships.
		In the phase of the Battle for Leyte Gulf known as the Battle of Surigao Strait on 24 and 25 October, Claxton screened the battle line in the surface action which virtually destroyed the Japanese southern force.
	www.multied.com /navy/destroyer/ClaxtonDD571.html (687 words)

	USS Eaton
		Prior to the landings at Empress Augusta Bay, she led fast minelayers Tracy (DM-19) and Pruitt (DM-22) through Bougainville Straits to seal off the eastern approach, on the night of 1-2 November.
		She sank an enemy freighter on 1 December and bombarded Ormoc Bay as she headed to cover the Mindoro landings in December.
		Through May she continued in the liberation of the Philippines, in the landings at Mangarin Bay, Mindoro; on Panay, and on Mindanao.
	www.destroyers.org /DANFS/h-dd-510.htm (921 words)

	Pacific, British, Fleet, Kula, Gulf, Empress, Augusta, Bay, Vella Lavella, Leyte, Sibuyan, Sea, Samar, Engano, Cape, ...
		In the few months she is out there, there is not one carrier battle to follow on the 1942 Battles of Coral Sea, Midway, Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz.
		In all reference sources, the Battle of Kula Gulf was fought on the night of the 5th/6th July.
		The battle on the night of the 12th/13th July when HMNZS Leander was in action and damaged is referred to as the Battle of Kolombangara.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsPacific2.htm (5906 words)

	Advanced Japanese Destroyers of World War II
		The Royal Navy would use its night training to devastate the Italian navy at the battle of Matapan in 1941, but then the Japanese would frequently use their night training to devastate both the British and United States navies in 1941, 1942, and 1943.
		The supreme achievements of Japanese torpedo and night combat were the battles near Guadalcanal of Savo Island, 9 August 1942, and Tassafaronga, 30 November 1942.
		In subsequent battles in the Solomons, the Japanese were without all of their previous advantages, and their reliance on destroyers to carry the brunt of supply as well as combat actions simply meant a terrific attrition in the destroyer force.
	www.friesian.com /destroy.htm (1294 words)

	1943 article - 1943 1940 1941 1942 1944 1945 1946 Decades 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		February 14 - World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass - German General Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps launch an offensive against Allied defenses in Tunisia; it is the United States' first major battle defeat of the war.
		March 26 - World War II: Battle of Komandorski Islands - In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
		November 20 - World War II: Battle of Tarawa begins - United States Marines land on Tarawa and Makin atolls in the Gilbert Islands and take heavy fire from Japanese shore guns.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/1943 (2172 words)

	The Wargamer - Historical Article: Pacific Lancers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In terms of warship types and numbers, both for Omori's divisions as well as the approaching US force, the imminent Battle of Empress Augusta Bay compared fairly similarly to the opposing forces of the Java Sea battle in the previous year.
		The losses to the attacking aircraft were heavy, with at least eight B-25's and nine P-38 fighters lost to AA fire and intercepting fighters, and Hara claimed that Shigure had accounted for five of the attacking aircraft.
		Rear Admiral Omori, meanwhile, reported the earlier Empress Augusta Bay action as a victory, in the belief that his divisions inflicted more damage on the USN than what his had suffered.
	www.wargamer.com /articles/pacific_lancers/page8.asp (1619 words)

	Thunder of the Guns: Battles of the Pacific War
		The most extensive and intensive succession of naval battles together formed the Pacific War of 1941 -- 1945.
		All five carrier battles of history were fought in it; the largest naval battle in history was fought here, as was the first battle in which opposing surface forces never saw each other.
		The greatest series of night battles was fought in the two years it took the U.S. to capture the Solomons.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/Battles (145 words)

	CL-56 Columbia
		In late January 1943, she was one of the U.S. ships present during the Battle of Rennell Island.
		At the beginning of November 1943, Columbia shelled enemy targets ashore in support of landings on Bougainville and, on the night of 2 November, took part in the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.
		On the night of 24-25 October, she participated in the Battle of Surigao Strait, the final major gun and torpedo action of the Pacific War.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/cl-56.htm (371 words)

	DD-572 DANFS
		That night in the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, TF 39 intercepted and turned back a Japanese force sailing to attack the transports in the bay.
		Reporting to TF 78 for duty in February 1945, she escorted convoys from San Pedro Bay to Subic Bay and patrolled and bombarded troop concentrations in the capture of Corregidor.
		On 17 February 1960, Dyson was lent to the Federal Republic of Germany, with whose navy she serves as Z-5.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/destroy/dd572txt.htm (663 words)

	USN Ships--USS Montpelier (CL-57)
		She was commissioned in September 1942 and, after shakedown and training in the western Atlantic area, arrived in the South Pacific in January 1943.
		In early November 1943 she shelled enemy positions during landings on Bougainville and engaged Japanese warships in the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.
		She used her guns to support the invasion of Saipan in June, then took part in the Battle of the Philippine Sea and in the subsequent conquests of Tinian and Guam.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/cl57.htm (1126 words)

	Pacific War Maps
		Sendai nearly hit Shigure, and Samidare sideswiped Shiratsuyu, staving in her hull and putting her out of the fight.
		Omori tried bringing his main bodyinto the battle.
		This only succeeded in causing further collisions, as Myoko tore Hatsukaze's bow off, and Haguro nearly hit two other destroyers.
	www.combinedfleet.com /btl_eab.htm (383 words)

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