Landings on Rendova

Landings on Rendova
Part of the New Georgia campaign of World War II
U.S. Army soldiers come ashore on Rendova Island on 30 June 1943.
Date 30 June 1943 – 4 July 1943 Location New Georgia, Solomon Islands Result Allied victory Americans and Pacific Islanders seize Rendova and nearby islands Americans install artillery on Rendova to support the Drive on Munda Point and subsequent operations on New Georgia Allied aircraft bomb Munda and successfully fight off Japanese aerial counter-attacks
Belligerents
United States Solomon Islands Fiji  New Zealand Tonga	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Richmond K. Turner John H. Hester Theodore S. Wilkinson Leonard F. Wing	Minoru Sasaki Genjiro Hirata
Strength
6,000[1] 43rd Infantry Division 9th Marine Defense Battalion 24th NCB Fiji Guerrillas Coastwatchers	120[2] – 290[3]
Casualties and losses
4 killed, 5 wounded during fighting ashore on 30 June ~ 64 killed on 2 July alone 21 planes lost 1 transport sunk 1 destroyer damaged[4]	50–65 killed[2][5] 30–106 planes lost[6]

The Landings on Rendova were amphibious military assaults by United States Army, Marine Corps and Navy forces on Rendova Island in the Solomon Islands on 30 June 1943. The small Japanese garrison was quickly overwhelmed by US troops, but the island was subjected to heavy attack by Japanese aircraft over several days. The landings were some of the first Allied landings during the New Georgia campaign of the Pacific War and were successful in securing the island and providing a base from which the Allies could support the subsequent invasion of New Georgia island and the eventual capture of Munda airfield in early August 1943.

The Price of Rendova, a propaganda film released in 1944 by the US Army Signal Corps, details the landings and subsequent Japanese attacks on the Americans.