Battle of New Georgia
| Battle of New Georgia | |||||||
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| Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II | |||||||
 Men of the United States 25th Infantry Division push through the jungle along the Zieta Trail on 12 August 1943 |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States New Zealand Australia British Solomon Islands
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 Empire of Japan
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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U.S. Navy: H. E. Barrowclough
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I.J. Navy:  Minoru Sasaki
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| Strength | |||||||
| 32,000 | 10,500 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,195 killed, 93 aircraft destroyed |
1,671 killed, 358 aircraft destroyed |
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U.S. Navy: William F. Halsey R. Kelly Turner Theod. S. Wilkinson Fred. Moosbrugger A. Stanton Merrill Walden L. Ainsworth Thomas J. Ryan
U.S. Marines: Harry B. Liversedge
U.S. Army: Oscar W. Griswold Millard F. Harmon John H. Hester Robert B. McClure
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