Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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In late 1943, the fighting for Bougainville opened a new phase in the war for the Solomon Islands as American forces landed at Cape Torokina to build a lodgment within range of the great Japanese base at Rabaul. To challenge that move, Japanese surface forces came down from Rabaul and Buka by night, hoping to strike transports, disrupt the beachhead, and keep control of the surrounding waters, while American cruisers and destroyers moved out to block them in darkness.

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