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Here are some blank maps for color and label in different languages. ... map.png – Pacific centric map. ... from around the time of World War II. 1942.11: Image ...
Ferdinand (1942) — coastwatchers on Japanese-occupied islands; Flintlock (1944) — assault on Marshall Islands. Catchpole (1944) — invasion of Eniwetok; Hailstone (1944) — naval air attack on Truk; Forager (1944) — assault on Marianas Islands; Galvanic (1943) — assault on Gilbert Islands; Gratitude (1945) — US Navy raid into the ...
The Pacific Islands then experienced military action, massive troop movements, and limited resource extraction and building projects as the Allies pushed the Japanese back to their home islands. [5] The juxtaposition of all these cultures led to a new understanding among the indigenous Pacific Islanders of their relationship with the colonial ...
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1942-10-25 – 1942-10-27 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands; 1942-11-13 – 1942-11-15 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal; 1942-11-30 Battle of Tassafaronga; Solomon Islands campaign. 1943-01-29 – 1943-01-30 Battle of Rennell Island; 1943-03-06 Battle of Blackett Strait; 1943-06-10 – 1943-08-25 New Georgia Campaign; 1943-07-06 Battle of Kula Gulf
On October 7, 1914, Japan invaded and took over Yap island without a battle. Japan and Britain made a treaty giving Japan the Pacific islands north of the Equator, signed at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. In the 1930s Japan built naval and airbases on many of the islands. Truk Lagoon was the largest and strongest of these bases.
The assignment orders for Major General Millard Harmon as the Commanding General, Army Forces, South Pacific, dated 7 July 1942, said: [3] "The establishment of the Pacific Ocean Area as an area of United States strategical responsibility under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, became effective on May 8, 1942.
Naval Base Marshall Islands were United States Navy advance bases built on the Marshall Islands during World War II to support the Pacific War efforts. The bases were built by US Navy after the Marshall Islands campaign that captured the islands from the Empire of Japan. By February 1944 the United States Armed Forces had captured the islands.