![Using a machine gun and carbine rifles, infantrymen sight up enemy positions during an attack on Cape Gloucester.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ww-cart-1-HT-Aug05-e1696354885221-760x430.jpg)
September 2005
WWII History
Operation Cartwheel: Seizing the Solomons and Beyond
by Douglas SterlingOn the island of New Britain, at the north end of the Solomon chain, lay a major base that provided Japanese forces with the naval power, supplies, and reinforcements to control the sea lanes of the Southwest Pacific. Read more