country, 35 engagements

Battles in Solomon Islands

35 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day Solomon Islands: 24 battles, 5 naval actions and 6 campaigns between 1942 and 1943. The wars with most engagements here: Pacific War (34).

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35 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

35 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

Wars fought here 1 with pages

Pacific War 34

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
1942	Solomon Islands Campaign	Solomon Islands	Pacific War
1942	Battle of Savo Island	Savo Island	Pacific War
1942	Invasion of Tulagi	Solomon Islands	Pacific War
1942	Guadalcanal campaign	Guadalcanal	Pacific War
7 August 1942	Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo	Tulagi	Pacific War
21 August 1942	Battle of the Tenaru	Guadalcanal	Pacific War
24 August 1942	Battle of the Eastern Solomons	Solomon Islands	Pacific War
12 September 1942	Battle of Edson's Ridge	Guadalcanal	Pacific War
23 September 1942	Actions along the Matanikau	Guadalcanal	Pacific War
11 October 1942	Battle of Cape Esperance		Pacific War
23 October 1942	Battle for Henderson Field	Guadalcanal	Pacific War
3 November 1942	Koli Point action	Guadalcanal	Pacific War
1942	Matanikau Offensive	Guadalcanal	Pacific War
13 November 1942	Naval Battle of Guadalcanal	Guadalcanal	Pacific War
30 November 1942	Battle of Tassafaronga	Tassafaronga Point	Pacific War
1942	Carlson's patrol	Guadalcanal	Pacific War
15 December 1942	Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse	Guadalcanal	Pacific War
1943	Operation Ke	Guadalcanal	Pacific War
20 June 1943	New Georgia Campaign	New Georgia Islands	Pacific War
30 June 1943	Battle of Wickham Anchorage	Vangunu	Pacific War
1943	Landings on Rendova	New Georgia	Pacific War
1 July 1943	Battle of Viru Harbor	New Georgia	Pacific War
6 July 1943	Battle of Kula Gulf	Kolombangara	Pacific War
1943	Battle of Enogai	New Georgia	Pacific War
12 July 1943	Battle of Kolombangara	Kolombangara	Pacific War
1943	Drive on Munda Point	New Georgia	Pacific War
1943	New Georgia counterattack	New Georgia	Pacific War
20 July 1943	Battle of Bairoko	New Georgia	Pacific War
1943	Battle of Munda Point	New Georgia	Pacific War
6 August 1943	Battle of Vella Gulf	Vella Gulf	Pacific War
17 August 1943	Battle off Horaniu	Vella Lavella	Pacific War
27 August 1943	Battle of Arundel Island
6 October 1943	Land Battle of Vella Lavella	Vella Lavella	Pacific War
1943	Raid on Choiseul	Choiseul Island	Pacific War
12 November 1943	Battle of the Treasury Islands	Treasury Islands	Pacific War

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