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commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Jinichi Kusaka

Battles of Jinichi Kusaka

Japanese admiral (1888–1972)

Jinichi Kusaka is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1942 and 1943: 4 battles, 1 naval action and 5 campaigns across 3 present-day countries, most in Solomon Islands (4), Papua New Guinea (4), Indonesia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 10,050 km apart end to end, 1,117 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (10).

Bombing of RabaulOperation I-GoNew Georgia CampaignOperation CartwheelBougainville CampaignSolomon Islands CampaignNew Guinea campaignGuadalcanal campaignOperation KeBattle of Rennell IslandSolomon Islands CampaignNew Guinea campaignGuadalcanal campaignOperation KeBattle of Rennell IslandPort MoresbyJayapuraLaeMt. HagenRabaul1000 km7.806S, 150.467E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1942: 3 engagements1943: 7 engagements7 in 194319421943
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Solomon Islands Campaign, 1942New Guinea campaign, 1942Guadalcanal campaign, 1942Bombing of Rabaul, 1943Operation Ke, 1943Battle of Rennell Island, 1943Operation I-Go, 1943New Georgia Campaign, 1943Operation Cartwheel, 1943Bougainville Campaign, 194319421943
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1942Solomon Islands CampaignSolomon IslandsAllied victory
1942New Guinea campaignNew Guinea, Indonesia2,241 km WAllied victory
1942Guadalcanal campaignGuadalcanal, Solomon Islands2,260 km EAllied victory
1943Bombing of RabaulRabaul, Papua New Guinea1,041 km NWAllied victory
1943Operation KeGuadalcanal, Solomon Islands1,003 km SEJapanese victory
29 January 1943Battle of Rennell IslandRennell Island276 km SEJapanese victory
1943Operation I-GoNew Britain, Papua New Guinea1,299 km NWInconclusive
20 June 1943New Georgia CampaignNew Georgia Islands, Solomon Islands803 km SEAllied victory
30 June 1943Operation CartwheelMelanesia, Papua New Guinea744 km NWAllied victory
1 November 1943Bougainville CampaignBougainville Island, Papua New Guinea382 km SEAllied victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.