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Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
The Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, on 1–2 November 1943 – also known as the Battle of Gazelle Bay, Operation Cherry Blossom, and in Japanese sources as the Sea Battle off Bougainville Island (ブーゲンビル島沖海戦) – was a naval battle fought near the island of Bougainville in Empress Augusta Bay. The naval battle was a result of Allied landings on nearby Bougainville in the first action in the Bougainville campaign of World War II and may also be considered as part of the Solomons and New Guinea campaigns.
Empress Augusta Bay
Empress Augusta Bay is a bay on the western side of the island of Bougainville Island, within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in northeastern Papua New Guinea. 
It is a subsistence fishing area for the people of Bougainville.
History.
Empress Augusta Bay is named after Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein, wife of German Emperor William II.
In November 1943, the bay was the site of the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, between Allied and Japanese forces. 
During the 1970s and 1980s