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Events on Thursday 4 March 1943 1
1943Battle of the Bismarck SeaAllied aircraft destroy a Japanese troop convoyUS and Australian aircraft attacked a Japanese convoy carrying troops to New Guinea. They sank all eight transports and four of the escorting destroyers, using skip bombing. Japan stopped sending large convoys to New Guinea afterwards.