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Operation Cartwheel
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Operation Cartwheel was a major military operation undertaken by the Allies in the Pacific theatre of World War II. The ultimate goal of Cartwheel was to neutralize the major Japanese base at Rabaul.
Men of the 1st Marine Division land ashore during the Battle of Cape Gloucester, 26 December 1943.
Men of the 1st Marine Division land ashore during the Battle of Cape Gloucester, 26 December 1943.
The eastern part of the Territory of New Guinea, and the northern Solomon Islands; the area in which Operation Cartwheel took place, from June 1943.
The eastern part of the Territory of New Guinea, and the northern Solomon Islands; the area in which Operation Cartwheel took place, from June 1943.
Elkton III Plan, March 1943.
Elkton III Plan, March 1943.
US soldiers fighting during the Bougainville campaign, taken March 1944
US soldiers fighting during the Bougainville campaign, taken March 1944
First Quebec Conference
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The First Quebec Conference, codenamed Quadrant, was a highly secret military conference held during World War II by the governments of the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. It took place
Operation Cartwheel
…Carpender. In the midst of Operation Cartwheel, the Joint Chiefs met with President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Quadrant Conference in Quebec City in August 1943. There, the decision was made to bypass and isolate Rabaul rather than attempting to capture the base, now garrisoned by…
Mackenzie King, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and the Earl of Athlone at La Citadelle in Quebec City
Mackenzie King, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and the Earl of Athlone at La Citadelle in Quebec City
President Roosevelt, seated next to Princess Alice and Prime Minister King of Canada, greeting British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden.
President Roosevelt, seated next to Princess Alice and Prime Minister King of Canada, greeting British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
Women's Royal Naval Service officers sightseeing after the conference
Women's Royal Naval Service officers sightseeing after the conference