Battle of the Treasury Islands

Date	October 25-November 12, 1943
Location	Treasury Islands in the Solomon Islands
Result	Allied victory

Belligerents

Commanders

R. A. Row
George Fort

Strength

6,574 troops,
3 destroyers,
31 support ships^[1]

250 troops^[2]

Casualties and losses

62 killed^[3]

205 killed,
8 captured,
12 aircraft destroyed^[4]

v • d • e Solomon Islands campaign

1st Tulagi – Guadalcanal – Blackett Strait – Cartwheel – Operation Vengeance – New Georgia – Kula Gulf – Kolombangara – Vella Gulf – Horaniu – Vella Lavella – Naval Vella Lavella – Treasury Is. – Choiseul – Bougainville – Rabaul air raids – Cape St. George – Green Is.

The Battle of the Treasury Islands was fought from October 25 to November 12, 1943, between Allied and Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands. New Zealand forces, supported by United States forces, invaded the Treasury Islands. They successfully recaptured the islands, from heavily outnumbered Japanese soldiers. The invasion was the first amphibious assault for New Zealand troops after the Gallipoli landings of 1915.

[edit] Notes

^ Gailey, Bougainville, p. 40-41 & Gillespie, Official History, p. 145. Ground forces included 4,608 New Zealanders and 1,966 U.S.
^ Gillespie, Official History, p. 45. Number derived by adding number killed (223) to number caputured (eight) and estimating number killed or captured over succeeding months.
^ Gailey, Bougainville, p. 45. Breakdown of deaths: New Zealand- 40, U.S.- 12.
^ Gillespie, Official History, p. 158. Eighteen more Japanese were killed by the end of November 1943, and a few others killed or captured over succeeding months. It is unknown whether any Japanese were successful in escaping the island.

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