"Oscar Griswold"@en . "300"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "J. Lawton Collins"@en . . . . . . . . "Allied victory"@en . . . . . "Robert S. Beightler"@en . . . "3 infantry regiments" . . "Minoru Sasaki"@en . . . . . . . . . "New Georgia counterattack"@en . . . . . . . . . . "2"^^ . "3"^^ . . . . . . "Allied victory" . "The New Georgia counterattack was a counterattack on 17\u201318 July 1943 by mainly Imperial Japanese Army troops against United States Army forces during the New Georgia campaign in the Solomon Islands. The U.S. and its allies were attempting to capture an airfield constructed by the Japanese at Munda Point on New Georgia with which to support further advances towards the main Japanese base around Rabaul as part of Operation Cartwheel."@en . . . . "1116489764"^^ . . . . . . . . "Genjiro Hirata"@en . . . . . . . . . "--07-12"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Tomonari Satoshi"@en . . . . "The New Georgia counterattack was a counterattack on 17\u201318 July 1943 by mainly Imperial Japanese Army troops against United States Army forces during the New Georgia campaign in the Solomon Islands. The U.S. and its allies were attempting to capture an airfield constructed by the Japanese at Munda Point on New Georgia with which to support further advances towards the main Japanese base around Rabaul as part of Operation Cartwheel. The Japanese attack saw one infantry regiment from the Southeast Detachment carry out a frontal assault against the center and left of the U.S. front line, while another carried out a flanking attack on their left aimed at enveloping the U.S. forces and cutting them off from their supply line. While the frontal assault was checked, the flanking attack succeeded in breaking into the rear of the U.S. beachhead. Many casualties were inflicted among the logistics, support and medical troops in the area, and the 43rd Infantry Division's command post came under attack before heavy defensive artillery fire and local defensive fighting forced the Japanese attackers back. Ultimately, the Japanese attack was unsuccessful, having been badly coordinated, and after a brief lull in the fighting, the U.S. forces launched a two-week long corps-level offensive that captured the airfield on 4\u20135 August 1943."@en . . . . . . . . . "New Georgia counterattack"@en . "--07-18"^^ . . "New Georgia counterattack"@en . "18653491"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "the Pacific Theater of World War II"@en . . . . . . "31706"^^ . "2 infantry regiments (less one battalion)" . . . . . . . . . . . . "1943-07-18"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .