Bairoko Harbor
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8°12′S 157°16′E / 8.200°S 157.267°E
Bairoko Harbor is situated along the northwestern shore of the island of New Georgia in the Solomon Islands.
History
During
After capturing Enogai, a village situated a few miles east of Bairoko Harbor, the Northern Landing Group of
The loss marked the first time the Marine Raiders had failed to take an objective, and was blamed in part on failure of the United States Army Air Corps to provide air support for the operation as requested. The battle caused the Joint Chiefs to rethink the strategy of pitting lightly armed forces against well-fortified enemy forces, and the operation planners drew the criticism of the Joint Chiefs for having marginalized the entire operation "as if it had been a sideshow".
Unable to prevent the loss of Munda to the
References
- ISBN 0-8131-9047-9.