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 strategy in the South Pacific to isolate the Japanese base around Rabaul. The campaign took place in the New Georgia Islands in the central Solomon Islands and followed the Allied capture of the Russell Islands. The main fighting took place on New Georgia itself, although significant actions also took place around the island chain throughout the campaign.
Men of the United States 25th Infantry Division push through the jungle along the Zieta Trail on 12 August 1943
Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, Commander South Pacific Amphibious Forces
American forces landing on Rendova Island
Lieutenant Colonel Harry B. Liversedge on New Georgia.
William Frederick "Bull" Halsey Jr. was an American Navy admiral during World War II. He is one of four officers to have attained the rank of five-star fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being William Leahy, Ernest J. King, and Chester W. Nimitz.
Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey Jr. c. 1945
An SBD Dauntless flies anti-submarine patrol over Enterprise and Saratoga.
Halsey in the South Pacific (May 1944)
Admirals Nimitz and Halsey discuss South Pacific strategy in early 1943.
