Battle of the Bismarck Sea 俾斯麦海海战

![A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, painted to represent a section leader’s aircraft from the Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea[9]](/uploads/202412/23/Mitsubishi_A62M_Zero_USAF1636.jpg)
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The Battle of the Bismarck Sea (2–4 March 1943) took place in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) during World War II when aircraft of the U.S. Fifth Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) attacked a Japanese convoy carrying troops to Lae, New Guinea. Most of the task force was destroyed, and Japanese troop losses were heavy.