battle of the Bismarck Sea

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battle of the Bismarck Sea - a naval battle in World War II; Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943

Bismarck Sea

Second World War, World War 2, World War II - a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945

Bismarck Sea - an arm of the South Pacific to the southwest of the Bismarck Archipelago

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Bismarck Sea Second World War World War 2 World War II			I listened for a while and then mentioned that twelve B-25s fixed up in this manner had played a rather important part in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea and that I was remodeling sixty more B-25s right now at Townsville. A War of Their Own: Bombers over the Southwest Pacific by Ward, Warren / Air & Space Power Journal {20} After the Japanese successfully withdrew from Guadalcanal in early February 1943, the next major setback which befell them was the Battle of the Bismarck Sea on 2-3 March that year. Japanese air operations over New Guinea during the Second World War by Shindo, Hiroyuki / Journal of the Australian War Memorial Implementing Innovation Understanding the Battle of the Bismarck Sea is vital to appreciating how commanders adapt in combat and the complexity of changing a system. Airpower in the Pacific: a case study in innovation by Griffith, Thomas E., Jr. / Joint Force Quarterly			battle of Pharsalus battle of Philippi battle of Pittsburgh Landing battle of Plassey battle of Plataea battle of Poitiers Battle of Puebla Battle of Pydna Battle of Ravenna Battle of Rocroi battle of Rossbach battle of Saratoga battle of Sempatch battle of Shiloh battle of Soissons-Reims battle of Solferino battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse battle of St Mihiel battle of Tannenberg battle of Tertry battle of Teutoburger Wald battle of Tewkesbury battle of the Aisne Battle of the Ardennes Bulge Battle of the Atlantic battle of the Bismarck Sea Battle of the Bulge battle of the Chemin-des-Dames battle of the Coral Sea Battle of the Little Bighorn Battle of the Marne battle of the Philippine Sea Battle of the Somme Battle of the Spanish Armada battle of Thermopylae battle of Trafalgar battle of Trasimeno battle of Valmy battle of Verdun battle of Wagram Battle of Wake Battle of Wake Island Battle of Waterloo battle of wits battle of Ypres battle of Zama battle on battle out Battle piece battle plan Battle range			Battle of Shimabara Battle of Sinai Battle of Sinai Battle of Skagerrak Battle of Skor II Battle of Skor II Battle of Slavkov battle of Soissons-Reims battle of Solferino Battle of Solférino Battle of Solverino Battle of Somme Battle of Spotsylvania Court House battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse Battle of St Julien battle of St Mihiel Battle of St. Julien battle of Tannenberg Battle of Termophylae battle of Tertry battle of Teutoburger Wald battle of Tewkesbury battle of the Aisne Battle of the Ardennes Bulge Battle of the Atlantic Battle of the Atlantic Battle of the Bands battle of the Bismarck Sea Battle of the Bismark Sea Battle of the Blades Battle of the boyn Battle of the Boyne Battle of the Boyne Battle of the Brains Battle of the Buldge Battle of the Buldge Battle of the Bulge Battle of the Bulge Battle of the Bulge Battle of the Bulge Battle of the Bulge memorial Battle of the Bulge memorial Battle of the Burning Plaines Battle of the Burning Plaines Battle of the Burning Plains Battle of the Burning Plains Battle of the Caudine Forks Battle of the Caudine Forks battle of the Chemin-des-Dames Battle of the Clans Battle of the Classes battle of the Coral Sea Battle of the Dens Battle of the Dragons Battle of the Dukla Pass Battle of the Flodden Battle of the Flowers Battle of the Frogs and the Mice

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