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 | 1943-11-01 | Cape Torokina | At 0710 troops from the 9th and 3rd regiments of the 3rd Marine Division assaulted Cape Torokina along a 8km front. The 270 Japanese troops from the 23rd division were virtually annihilated in the attack. | Read about 'Cape Torokina' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Cape Torokina' | |
| 1943-08-25 | Bairoko Harbor Falls | US Marines force Japanese troops to abandon their positions around Bairoko Harbour. | Read about 'Bairoko Harbor Falls' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bairoko Harbor Falls' | |
| 1943-08-06 | 1943-08-07 | Vella Gulf | Six US destroyers, operating for the first time without the cruiser force, sink 3 Japanese destroyers attempting to reinforce troops on Kolombangara. The US squadron used radar to approach undetected and attacked with torpedoes. | Read about 'Vella Gulf' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Vella Gulf' |
| 1943-07-22 | 1943-08-04 | Munda Point | US troops successfully capture the airfield at Munda Point. Japanese troops subsequently abandon New Georgia entirely. The airfield will prove vital in the following campaign to isolate the major Japanese base at Rabaul. | Read about 'Munda Point' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Munda Point' |
| 1943-07-12 | 1943-07-13 | Kolombangara | A costly tactical victory for the IJM. Their force of destroyers manage to land 1200 troops on Villa, heavily damaging three US cruisers with torpedoes, with the loss of the light cruiser Jintsu. | Read about 'Kolombangara' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Kolombangara' |
| 1943-06-08 | Mutsu blows up | At 12:13 the magazine for her number 3 turret exploded, ripping the ship in two. Her forward section sunk quickly with the after part staying afloat till about 2am. The exact cause of the internal explosion is still unknown. | Read about 'Mutsu blows up' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Mutsu blows up' | |
| 1943-05-11 | Battle of Attu Island | US troops land and begin operations to recapture the island. The Japanese defenders under Colonel Yasuyo Yamasaki, do not contest the landings, but dig in on the high ground. | Read about 'Battle of Attu Island' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of Attu Island' | |
| 1943-04-18 | Operation Vengeance | The mission, based on decrypted intelligence data, specifically designed to kill the commander of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, Isoroku Yamamoto. His plane was intercepted and shot down by US army fighters operating from Henderson Field. | Read about 'Operation Vengeance' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Vengeance' | |
| 1943-04-07 | USS Aaron Ward Sunk | Caught in a massive air raid (part of operation I-Go), the destroyer was sunk after receiving multiple direct and near hits from Val dive bombers. | Read about 'USS Aaron Ward Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'USS Aaron Ward Sunk' | |
| 1943-04-01 | 1943-04-19 | Operation I-Go | 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. | Read about 'Operation I-Go' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation I-Go' |
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