Battle of the Bismarck Sea

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:battle
gptkbp:Allied_air_forces_involved	gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces gptkb:Royal_Australian_Air_Force
gptkbp:Allied_aircraft_lost	13
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Michaelmas
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_forces gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_forces
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:George_Kenney gptkb:Masatomi_Kimura
gptkbp:date	2–4 March 1943
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Salamaua–Lae_campaign
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Battle of the Bismarck Sea
gptkbp:Japanese_ships_sunk	4 destroyers 8 transports
gptkbp:Japanese_troops_killed	over 3,000
gptkbp:location	Bismarck Sea near Lae, New Guinea
gptkbp:objective	Japanese troop convoy to Lae
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Pacific_War
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	major blow to Japanese reinforcement efforts in New Guinea
gptkbp:tactics	skip bombing
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer gptkb:South_West_Pacific_Theatre
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5