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6-706: Bairoko may refer to: Bairoko Harbor , a harbor on the northwestern shore of the island of New Georgia in the Solomon Islands The Battle of Bairoko , a World War II battle between American and Japanese forces on July 20, 1943, during the New Georgia campaign in the Solomon Islands USS ; Bairoko  (CVE-115) , a US Navy escort aircraft carrier in commission from July 1945 to April 1950 and from September 1950 to February 1955 Topics referred to by

12-517: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bairoko Harbor Bairoko Harbor is situated along the northwestern shore of the island of New Georgia in the Solomon Islands . During World War II Japan used Bairoko Harbor to resupply its forces at Munda Point, an airstrip situated along the south coast of New Georgia. Allied forces deemed Munda critical for control of this section of

18-558: The Solomon Islands and necessary for the continued progress northward toward Japan. After capturing Enogai, a village situated a few miles east of Bairoko Harbor, the Northern Landing Group of United States Marines comprising the 1st and 4th Marine Raider Battalions assaulted the harbor on June 20, 1943. Greatly outmanned, the lightly armed Marines failed to overcome the deeply entrenched, heavily armed Japanese defenders in

24-708: The operation planners drew the criticism of the Joint Chiefs for having marginalized the entire operation "as if it had been a sideshow". Unable to prevent the loss of Munda to the Allies due to assaults on the airstrip by other forces, the Japanese evacuated the entire island of New Georgia via Bairoko Harbor within a month of the initial attack. From New Georgia the Allies continued "up the slot" toward Japan, fighting next at Bougainville . This Solomon Islands location article

30-567: The resulting Battle of Bairoko and were turned back after losses in dense jungle fighting . The loss marked the first time the Marine Raiders had failed to take an objective, and was blamed in part on failure of the United States Army Air Corps to provide air support for the operation as requested. The battle caused the Joint Chiefs to rethink the strategy of pitting lightly armed forces against well-fortified enemy forces, and

36-411: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bairoko . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bairoko&oldid=1067724618 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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