Admiralty Islands campaign

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Admiralty Islands campaign
Los Negros – Manus

New Guinea campaign
1st Rabaul – Mo – Coral Sea – Kokoda Track – Milne Bay – Buna-Gona – Wau – Bismarck Sea – Salamaua-Lae – Cartwheel – Wewak raid – Finisterres – Huon Peninsula – Bougainville – Rabaul carrier raid – New Britain – Admiralties – Western New Guinea

The Admiralty Islands campaign, also known as Operation Brewer, was a series of battles in the New Guinea campaign of World War II. The United States 1st Cavalry Division assaulted Japanese bases on the Admiralty Islands. The campaign began when the Americans assaulted Los Negros island on 29 February 1944. The campaign ended with the final actions on Manus, on 25 March.

Imperial Japanese Army forces consisted of the 51st Transport Regiment, the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Independent Mixed Regiment, and elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy 14th Naval Base Force.[1]

Contents 1 Battle of Los Negros 2 Battle of Manus 3 Aftermath 4 References

[edit] Battle of Los Negros

[edit] Battle of Manus

[edit] Aftermath

Not long after the campaign concluded, it was memoralized by the escort aircraft carrier, USS Admiralty Islands, named on April 26, 1944.

[edit] References

• Miller, John, Jr. (1959). CARTWHEEL: The Reduction of Rabaul (English). United States Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific 418. Office of the Chief of Military History, U.S. Department of the Army.
• Morison, Samuel Eliot (1958). Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, vol. 6 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Castle Books. 0785813071.