On 30 June 1943--D Day for CARTWHEEL--Allied air, sea, and ground forces facing the Japanese from New Guinea to the Solomons were ready to attack. The Japanese were expecting the offensive but did not know just when or where it would come. Jumbo Organizational Chart (slow: 128K) And the Allies had determined to compound their uncertainty by launching not one, but three invasions--in New Georgia, at Woodlark and Kiriwina, and at Nassau Bay in New Guinea in preparation for the Markham Valley-Lae-Salamaua operations. Map: Operation Chronicle Area More Cartwheel Begins: The Southwest Pacific Introduction Operation Chronicle; Woodlark-Kiriwina The Landings: June 30, 1943 Invasion of Nassau Bay Landing of the MacKechnie Force Back to Table of Contents -- Operation Cartwheel Back to World War Two: US Army List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2002 by Coalition Web, Inc. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com