Bougainville counterattack
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The Bougainville counterattack, also known as the Second Battle of Torokina, was an unsuccessful Japanese offensive against the Allied base at Cape Torokina on Bougainville Island during the Pacific T
A U.S. Army 75 mm pack howitzer firing at close range at a Japanese position on Hill 260 in March 1944
U.S. Marine Corps fighters and bombers at Torokina Airfield, December 1943
Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Regiment plotting defensive positions in March 1944
The Japanese counterattack on Bougainville between 9 and 17 March 1944. The U.S. perimeter is marked in blue and Japanese troop movements are shown in red.
Battle of Ratsua
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The Battle of Ratsua occurred during the Second World War and involved Australian and Japanese forces. Part of the wider Bougainville Campaign of the Pacific theatre, the battle took place in the nort
Australian troops withdraw from Ratsua on to the Soraken Peninsula following the end of hostilities, August 1945
A patrol from the 26th Infantry Battalion receives orders prior to departure
Masatane Kanda (left seated) surrenders Japanese forces on Bougainville to Allied commanders on 8 September 1945