During World War II the Japanese used Bairoko Harbor to resupply its forces at Munda, an airstrip along the south coast of the island deemed critical to Allied control of this section of the Solomon islands and necessary for the continued progress northward toward Japan.
An airstrip along the south coast of the island deemed critical to Allied control of this section of the Solomon islands and necessary for the continued progress northward toward Japan. This was during World War II. The Japanese used Bairoko Harbor to resupply its forces at Munda World War II.