- Battle of Enogai
Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Enogai
caption= A dead Japanese heavy machine-gun crew after the battle on July 11, 1943
partof=the Pacific Theater ofWorld War II
date= July 10 – 11, 1943
place=New Georgia ,Solomon Islands
result=US victory
combatant1=flagicon|USA|1912United States
combatant2=flagicon|Japan|altEmpire of Japan
commander1=Harry B. Liversedge
commander2=Minoru Sasaki Saburo Okamura
strength1=1,200
strength2=400
casualties1=51 killed [Shaw, p. 129.]
casualties2=350 killed [Shaw, p. 129.] |The Battle of Enogai was a battle between
United States and Imperial Japanese Army and Navy forces on July 10 – 11, 1943 during the New Georgia Campaign in theSolomon Islands during thePacific War . In the battle, US Marine Raiders, supported by twoUnited States Army infantry battalions, attacked and destroyed a Japanese garrison guarding the small port of Enogai on the Dragons Peninsula onNew Georgia . After conducting an unsuccessful follow-up attack on nearby Bairoko, the American forces remained in the Enogai area until the end of the New Georgia Campaign.Notes
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