4 US Destroyers vs 7 Japanese Ships: The Battle off Horaniu, 1943 - Animated

As the Allies tightened their grip on the central Solomons, Japan began a difficult withdrawal from New Georgia. On the night of August 17, a group of US destroyers moved to intercept a Japanese reinforcement group off the northeastern coast of Vella Lavella. What followed was a sharp night skirmish, one that would affect the timing and safety of Japan’s wider evacuation effort.

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📚 Sources:

Samuel Eliot Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. VI: Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, 22 July 1942 to 1 May 1944.
Paul S. Dull, A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941 to 1945.
Mark Stille, The Solomons 1943 to 44: The Struggle for New Georgia and Bougainville (Osprey Campaign).
Vincent P. O’Hara, U.S. Navy Against the Axis: Surface Combat, 1941 to 1945 (includes maps for Horaniu and Vella Lavella).

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