Operation CARTWHEEL/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Operation CARTWHEEL.

1943-1944 air campaign, by the U.S., against a Japanese base at Rabaul in the Bismarck Archipelago in World War II, to neutralize it without the need for amphibious warfare (i.e., island hopping)