Created by Tom Horn on 9 Jun 2011, Last Update on 9 Jun 2011

Operation I-Go - 1 Apr 1943

Admiral Yamamoto conceives a massive aerial counter attack designed to sink allied shipping and destroy allied air power in the Solomons and New Guinea. It was motived largely as a response to losses at Guadalcanal, New Guinea and the Bismarck Sea.

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Tags : Japan,United States,Solomon Islands,Papua New Guinea,Australia,New Zealand,Aerial,Naval,Pacific,Combat

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