Operation Cartwheel, 1943-1944
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Name (Latin)
Operation Cartwheel, 1943-1944
Other forms of name
Cartwheel, Operation, 1943-1944
Coordinates
152.1729417 152.1729417 -4.196130555 -4.196130555 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Area
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Q2026016
Library of congress:
sh2011006099
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: The Bougainville experience, 1988:(Operation Cartwheel)
- History Channel online, Dec. 1, 2011This day in history : June 30 page (Operation Cartwheel launched on June 30, 1943; a multipronged attack on Rabaul and several islands in the Solomon Sea in the South Pacific; the joint effort takes nine months to complete; the purpose of Cartwheel was to destroy the barrier formation Japan had created in the Bismark Archipelago)
- US Army campaigns of WWII : New Guinea, 2003:p. 8 (General MacArthur's staff's plan for MacArthur's return to the Philippines; code-named Reno, it became the basis for operations against Japan from Feb. 1943 through Aug. 1944; during that time, Reno underwent five modifications and from these decisions grew the Cartwheel operation, a joint Southwest and South Pacific undertaking the originally envisioned 13 amphibious operations over six months culminating in the capture of Rabaul; Cartwheel began on June 30, 1943)
- Cartwheel : the reduction of Rabaul, 2006:p. 20, etc. (Elkton III : the plan for Cartwheel; Elkton III plan, the second revision of MacArthur's plan for the capture of Raubul, was completed on Apr. 26, 1943; the operations planned for Elkton III were lumped under the code name Cartwheel)
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Beach at Cape Gloucester
Sergeant Robert M. Howard (Photo identification number 127-G-68998)
(https://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-136.jpg), Public domain
(https://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-136.jpg), Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Operation Cartwheel (1943–1944) was a major military operation undertaken by the Allies in the Pacific theatre of World War II. The ultimate goal of Cartwheel was to neutralize the major Japanese base at Rabaul. The operation was directed by the Supreme Allied Commander in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA), General Douglas MacArthur, whose forces had advanced along the northeast coast of New Guinea and occupied nearby islands. US forces from the South Pacific Area, under Admiral William Halsey, advanced through the Solomon Islands toward Bougainville. Allied forces from Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and various Pacific Islands took part in the operation.
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