Battle of Koromokina Lagoon
19,99 €
inkl. MwSt.

Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen
  • Broschiertes Buch

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Battle of the Koromokina Lagoon was a battle between United States Marine Corps and Imperial Japanese Army forces on Bougainville. The battle took place November 7 8, 1943 during the Bougainville campaign. Responding to the Allied landings on Bougainville at Cape Torokina on November 1, 1943, Japanese General Hitoshi Imamura, commander of the 8th Area Army at Rabaul, underestimating the size of the Allied landing forces, despatched a force of 850 soldiers to execute a counter landing to attempt to drive the Allied forces back into the sea. The…mehr

Andere Kunden interessierten sich auch für
Produktbeschreibung
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Battle of the Koromokina Lagoon was a battle between United States Marine Corps and Imperial Japanese Army forces on Bougainville. The battle took place November 7 8, 1943 during the Bougainville campaign. Responding to the Allied landings on Bougainville at Cape Torokina on November 1, 1943, Japanese General Hitoshi Imamura, commander of the 8th Area Army at Rabaul, underestimating the size of the Allied landing forces, despatched a force of 850 soldiers to execute a counter landing to attempt to drive the Allied forces back into the sea. The Japanese soldiers landed from four destroyers near Koromokina Lagoon on the night of November 7 and engaged two battalions of U.S. Marines from the 9th Marine Regiment under the command of Allen H. Turnage