23 Jan 1943
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- After sundown and into the following day, American cruisers and destroyers bombarded Kolombangara, New Georgia, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | Kolombangara, New Georgia | CPC]
23 Feb 1943
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- Japanese Navy Yokosuka 7th Special Naval Landing Force disembarked 1,807 men at Kolombangara, New Georgia. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | Kolombangara, New Georgia | CPC]
13 Mar 1943
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- Destroyer Yukikaze made a troop transport run to Kolombangara, New Georgia, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | Kolombangara, New Georgia | CPC]
31 May 1943
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- Japanese Army Major General Noboru Sasaki arrived at Kolombangara, New Georgia, Solomon Islands as the new commanding officer of the joint Army-Navy Southwest Detachment. ww2dbase [Noboru Sasaki | Kolombangara, New Georgia | CPC]
19 Jul 1943
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- US aircraft detected the Japanese Night Battle Force in the Solomon Islands at 1905 hours and attacked, and the attack was repulsed. At 2100 hours, Japanese destroyer transports were ordered to separately proceed to Vila, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands. At 2220 hours, flares were sighted over the transport destroyers, but no American warships arrived to attack. At 2310 hours, Japanese warships of the Night Battle Force (Kumano, Yugure, Kiyonami, Yukikaze, and others) reversed course for Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Islands. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | Kumano | Yukikaze | Yugure | Kolombangara, New Georgia | CPC]
23 Jul 1943
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- Destroyer Yukikaze led a troop transport run to Kolombangara, New Georgia, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | Kolombangara, New Georgia | CPC]
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