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 | 1944-04-22 | Operation Persecution | Allied and American troops undertook an amphibious landing at Aitape in New Guinea. The operation was designed to isolate the Japanese 18th Army at Wewak. | Read about 'Operation Persecution' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Persecution' | |
| 1944-03-24 | The Great Escape | 76 prisoners of Stalag Luft III escape. 73 are subsequently recaptured and 50 are murdered by the Gestapo on Hitler's orders. | Read about 'The Great Escape' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'The Great Escape' | |
| 1944-03-09 | 1944-03-17 | Hill 700, Bougainville | Japanese troops launch a counter offensive on US troops defending Hill 700, Cannon Hill, and Hill 260. The counterattack was defeated with heavy losses for the Japanese army. The Japanese withdrew into the interior, north and south ends of the island. | Read about 'Hill 700, Bougainville ' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Hill 700, Bougainville ' |
| 1944-02-05 | Hansa Bay Bombed | Seventy B-25s and A-20s attack Japanese positions in the Hansa Bay area. | Read about 'Hansa Bay Bombed' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Hansa Bay Bombed' | |
| 1943-05-14 | AHS Centaur Sunk | Australian Hospital Ship Centaur is sunk by a Japanese submarine I-177. Of the 332 civilian crew and medical personal, 268 are killed. | Read about 'AHS Centaur Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'AHS Centaur Sunk' | |
| 1943-04-01 | 1943-04-19 | Operation I-Go | Admiral Yamamoto conceives a massive aerial counter attack designed to sink allied shipping and destroy allied air power in the Solomons and New Guinea. It was motived largely as a response to losses at Guadalcanal, New Guinea and the Bismarck Sea. | Read about 'Operation I-Go' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation I-Go' |
| 1943-03-02 | 1943-03-04 | Bismarck Sea Battle | US and Australian air force attack a Japanese convoy carrying troops bound for Lae, New Guinea. Most of the convoy is sunk (8 transports, 4 destroyers) and thousands of Japanese troops are killed. | Read about 'Bismarck Sea Battle' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bismarck Sea Battle' |
| 1943-01-29 | 1943-01-31 | Battle of Wau | Australian defenders had been greatly reinforced by air. In the battle that followed, despite achieving tactical surprise by approaching from an unexpected direction, the Japanese attackers were unable to capture Wau. | Read about 'Battle of Wau' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of Wau' |
| 1943-01-23 | Tripoli Captured | With Rommel withdrawing to the French-built southern defenses of Tunisia, the Mareth Line, following the Second Battle of El Alamein. The British 8th Army enter Tripoli. | Read about 'Tripoli Captured' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Tripoli Captured' | |
| 1943-01-14 | 1943-02-07 | Operation Ke | The largely successful withdrawal of Japanese forces from Guadalcanal at the conclusion of the Guadalcanal Campaign. 10,652 men were evactuated from Guadalcanal at a cost of one destroyer sunk and three damaged. | Read about 'Operation Ke' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Ke' |
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