On August NUMBER@1 , NUMBER@2 , Allied forces , predominantly MISC@1 , initiated landings on the islands of LOCATION@1 , LOCATION@2 , and LOCATION@3 -LRB- LOCATION@4 -RRB- in the southern LOCATION@5 with the objective of denying their use by the MISC@2 as bases to threaten supply routes between the LOCATION@6 , LOCATION@7 , and LOCATION@8 .

On August NUMBER@1 , NUMBER@2 , Allied forces , mainly from the LOCATION@9 , started landings on the islands of LOCATION@1 , LOCATION@2 , and LOCATION@3 in the southern Solomons with the aim to make supply routes between the LOCATION@6 , LOCATION@7 , and LOCATION@8 safer .
