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The Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign were a series of battles fought from August 1942 through February 1944, in the Pacific theatre of World War II between the United States and Japan. They were the first steps of the drive across the Central Pacific by the United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps. The purpose was to establish ...
The Rising Sun in the Pacific 1931 – April 1942, vol. 3 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Castle Books. ISBN 0-7858-1304-7. Stafford, Edward P. (2002). The Big E: The Story of the USS Enterprise (reissue ed.). Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-998-0. Willmott, H. P. (1982).
Pages in category "Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
U.S. Army soldiers on Bougainville taking cover behind an M4 Sherman tank.Taken on 29 February 1943. The war started for America on 7 December 1941 with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, [4] and the invasion of the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies. [5]
Northern Solomons: 22 February 1943 – 21 November 1944, part of the Solomon Islands campaign; Eastern Mandates: 31 January – 14 June 1944, allied landings on Kwajalein and Eniwetok during the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign; Western Pacific: 15 June 1944 – 2 September 1945, the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
Map of Eniwetok Atoll. The Battle of Eniwetok was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought from 17 to 23 February 1944 on Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The invasion of Eniwetok followed the American success in the Battle of Kwajalein to the southeast.
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The raid on Makin Island was an attack by Marine Raiders of the United States Marine Corps on the Japanese-controlled Makin Island from August 17–18, 1942. Aims of the raid included destroying local installations, acquiring prisoners of war and military intelligence on the Gilbert Islands, and diverting Japanese attention and reinforcements from the Guadalcanal campaign and battle of Tulagi ...