Rendova Island

island, Solomon Islands

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Rendova is an island located in the central Solomon Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It lies off the southwest central coast of New Georgia Island.1

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World War II
The Southwest and South Pacific, June–October 1943
…on New Georgia and on Rendova in the Solomons, however, also made in the night of June 29–30, provoked the Japanese into strong counteraction: between July 5 and July 16, in the battles of Kula Gulf and of Kolombangara, the Allies lost one cruiser and two destroyers and had three…
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…on New Georgia and on Rendova in the Solomons, however, also made in the night of June 29–30, provoked the Japanese into strong counteraction: between July 5 and July 16, in the battles of Kula Gulf and of Kolombangara, the Allies lost one cruiser and two destroyers and had three…
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