Landing at Bougainville
by Shannon Stirnweis
Title
Landing at Bougainville
Artist
Shannon Stirnweis
Medium
Painting - Oil On Cold Press Illustration Board
Description
"This is the hottest potato they ever handed me," said Admiral William "Bull" Halsey upon taking command of the Pacific. Included in his new territory was Bougainville, largest of the Solomon Islands, a position that represented another vital step in America's "island hopping" campaign toward Tokyo. On November 1, 1943, in a cunning move, Allied forces bypassed large Japanese troop concentrations elsewhere on Bougainville, landing instead on the west side of the island at Empress Augusta Bay. In days, the Allies under Lt. General Alexander Vandegrift had gained enough ground to build four airstrips, and bombing of nearby Rabaul began. By the new year, Allied troops on the island numbered 44,000, foiling any Japanese attempts to dislodge the new forward base.
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April 12th, 2022
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