The Battle of Vella Lavella was fought from 15 August – 6 October 1943 between the Empire of Japan and the Allied forces from New Zealand and the United States at the end of the New Georgia campaign.
US troops on Vella Lavella, mid-September 1943
Destroyers forming part of the escort screen protecting the US invasion force, 15 August 1943
New Zealand soldiers land at Baka Baka, Vella Lavella to relieve US troops on 17 September 1943.
4th Marine Defense Battalion artillery at Barakoma Airfield.
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The New Georgia campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific Theater of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan. It was part of Operation Cartwheel, the Allied str
Battle of Vella Lavella (land)
…was fought from 15 August – 6 October 1943 between the Empire of Japan and the Allied forces from New Zealand and the United States at the end of the New Georgia campaign. Vella Lavella, an island located in the Solomon Islands, had been occupied by Japanese forces early during the war in the Pacific. Following the Battle…
Men of the United States 25th Infantry Division push through the jungle along the Zieta Trail on 12 August 1943
Knocked out Marine Tank during the drive on Munda Point
American forces landing on Rendova Island
Lieutenant Colonel Harry B. Liversedge on New Georgia.