Battle of Piva Forks

First Phase of the Battle of Piva Forks.

Date	1943-11-18 - 1943-11-25
Location	Bougainville in the South Pacific
Result	Allied victory

Belligerents

Commanders

v • d • e Bougainville campaign (1943-45)

Cape Torokina – Empress Augusta Bay – Koromokina – Piva Trail – Coconut Grove – Piva Forks – Hellzapoppin & Hill 600A – Counterattack – Pearl Ridge – Genga River – Slater's Knoll – Hongorai River

The Battle of Piva Forks, was an engagement during the Bougainville campaign in World War II, and occurred from 1943-11-18 - 1943-11-25 on Bougainville Island in the South Pacific between the Empire of Japan and Allied forces.

[edit] References

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Major John M. Rentz, USMCR (1946). Bougainville and the Northern Solomons. Historical Branch, Headquarters, United States Marine Corps. Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
Shaw, Henry I.; Douglas T. Kane (1963). Volume II: Isolation of Rabaul. History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II. Retrieved on 2006-10-18.